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jasonyeung87
Helper V
4 years ago
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Enter credentials for Web API when publishing to Power BI Service

Hi, I created a report on Power BI desktop which grabs data from an API. I use the "Web" data source and enter the Web API key as the credentials. It connects to the API and I'm able to generate var...
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jasonyeung87
Helper V
3 years ago

Hi,

 

I tried using basic authentication, but adding the API key (instead of the user name). I was able to make the connection. I think it is the nature of the REST API that I was using. I thought it needed to be the Web API authentication method. I'll mark your solution as accepted.

 

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    EdwngJs
    Regular Visitor
    1 year ago

    Hello, Could you please show step-by-step how you did? 

    Thanks