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IamTDR
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BI Report Cannot Refresh in Service Yet Refreshes within Desktop

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 Anyone experience this issue?
I can refresh this report within Power BI Desktop but once I publish this report to Service, it always fails during my nightly refresh.
I even tried to delete this report from Service and publish a fresh copy.
I have over 100 reports in Service and this is the only report having this issue.  All reports pull data from the datawarehouse.  Not sure why credentials are a problem for this one report.
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Thanks in Advance

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collinq
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Hi @IamTDR ,

 

I would check each datasource in the report and make sure that each one is correct.  I would also check to confirm that the "Privacy Level" in desktop is identical to the published version.

 

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IamTDR
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BTW, where or how would I check "Privacy Levels"?

Hi @IamTDR ,

 

In Desktop, look at Data Source Settings and select the Data Source and then select Privacy Level.  In the service, go to the Dataset - Schedule Refresh - Data Source Credentials - Edit Credentials - Privacy Level

 

 

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IamTDR
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Thanks
In the Service under 'Edit Credentials' I have the following message "(admin has granted access, credentials are not required)."

 

Assuming this confirms non-privacy issue

Thanks for the links.  I reviewed each one.

Today I seemed to solve my issue.  What I did was download my report from Service and reviewed the datasource within Power BI Desktop.  I reviewed Data Source Settings and 'cleared permissions'.  I then fully refreshed the report within Desktop and then Published.  Within Service, I am now able to refresh On-Demand and as Scheduled. 

 

Perhaps this info will help someone else someday.

 

Tim

IamTDR
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Another interesting point, is that this same report refreshed without issue for the past two months.  The issue just started happening this week.  I haven't made any changes either.

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