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Data Source Credentials Password Change
I have a semantic model on the power bi service that has three data source connections. I've entered my credentials for all three via OAuth and have successfully connected. This is all done through a Personal Cloud Connection.
Now say in 3 months when my company requires me to update my password what happens to this semantic model? Is model not going to refresh because I changed my password or will it work fine since I authenticated via OAuth and didn't hard code my password?
In my experience, you will need to re-authenticate the credentials used in the shared cloud connection.
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In my experience, you will need to re-authenticate the credentials used in the shared cloud connection.
You will have to reauthenticate once passwords change or the refresh will fail
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Based on my experience, the refresh will fail. As it will not be able to request access token using the old password.
Hi MyNameHere2213,
Thanks for reaching out to the Microsoft fabric community forum.
When your company enforces a password change, any existing OAuth tokens linked to your old credentials will become invalid. This means the Power BI Service won’t be able to refresh your semantic model using those connections until you reauthenticate as suggested by others. Once your password changes, please go to the dataset’s settings in the Power BI Service, open the “Data source credentials” section for each of your three connections, and sign in again with your updated credentials. Doing this will restore the connection and allow scheduled or manual refreshes to work as expected.
I would also take a moment to thank FBergamaschi, Tutu_in_YYC and blopez11, for actively participating in the community forum and for the solutions you’ve been sharing in the community forum. Your contributions make a real difference.
If I misunderstand your needs or you still have problems on it, please feel free to let us know.
Best Regards,
Hammad.Hi MyNameHere2213,
As we haven’t heard back from you, so just following up to our previous message. I'd like to confirm if you've successfully resolved this issue or if you need further help.
If yes, you are welcome to share your workaround so that other users can benefit as well. And if you're still looking for guidance, feel free to give us an update, we’re here for you.
Best Regards,
Hammad.
Hi MyNameHere2213,
Hope everything’s going smoothly on your end. As we haven’t heard back from you, so I wanted to check if the issue got sorted.
Still stuck? No worries just drop us a message and we can jump back in on the issue.Best Regards,
Hammad.
Hello Hammad,
Since I have many data sets (50+) and is any there method that allow me to reauthenticate for all the data sets at the same time when my windows password is changed, instead of doing it one by one? Thank you.
Regards,
Watson LIAO
