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Hi @Biggy_123 ,
1. Please confirm the Power BI Dataset exist on Power BI Service
2. Only users with Build permission for a dataset can connect to a published dataset using the Power BI service live connection
3. Free users only see datasets in their My Workspace and in Premium-based workspaces
For more details, please read this article: Connect to datasets in the Power BI service from Power BI Desktop - Power BI | Microsoft Docs
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Hi @Biggy_123 ,
1. Please confirm the Power BI Dataset exist on Power BI Service
2. Only users with Build permission for a dataset can connect to a published dataset using the Power BI service live connection
3. Free users only see datasets in their My Workspace and in Premium-based workspaces
For more details, please read this article: Connect to datasets in the Power BI service from Power BI Desktop - Power BI | Microsoft Docs
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Hi Biggy, can you help us describing more about your user, tenant, etc? There are many reasons why you don't have anything there, for example: you don't have a pro license or you are not part of any workspace or you don't have build permissions at a workspace. There are also options that can be disabled from Admin portal perspective like sharing datasets across tenants or certification/promotion of datasets that can impact here too.
I hope that make sense
Happy to help!
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