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Seb_Lz
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6 years ago

Cannot change data source credentials to anything different than current credentials because of SSO

Hello, I'd like to set up in my dataset a sharepoint data source  that would use a generic O365 account. I'm following this guide https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/connect-data/refresh-data...
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collinq
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6 years ago

Hi Seb_Lz ,

 

When you use "Try another account" it doesn't let you change the account?  What is the error message?  We do this often - where we are signed in but the Data Credentials is different, where we use the generic account.  We do this because my userid/password changes but the service account doesn't expire.

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Seb_Lz
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6 years ago

Dear collinq 

After I click on "use a different account", I get the following 2 screens:step 1step 2

 Then it returns to settings page directly, without asking the password, which makes me think it's just using the cached credentials and not the generic account (that account is not cached / saved on my computer). The fact we can only change the data source credentials but not view what the current credentials are is also a bit confusing.