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cmncp
Helper III
9 years ago
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Excel Sharepoint Data Refresh - Can't refresh your data

I have an excel file in Sharepoint Online, which has a simple table of data.  Using Power BI Desktop, I can connect to it and create a report.  After I publish the report to Power BI Service, I can s...
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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Hi cmncp,

    Firstly, for excel located in on-premises SharePoint site, we need to use Windows authenticaion. For Excel located in SharePoint Online, we need to use OAuth2 authentication.

    Secondly, to access on-premises data source, gateway is required when refreshing dataset. And both personal gateway and on-premises gateway require Pro.

    Thanks,
    Lydia Zhang

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Anonymous
Not applicable
9 years ago

Hi cmncp,

I am not able to reproduce your issue. How do you connect to the Excel file in Power BI Desktop, via “Get Data->Web” entry?


When you connect to the Excel file, please choose Organizational account type in Power BI Desktop, once you publish the  Power BI Desktop file to Power BI Service, go to Settings for your dataset, then check if you get OAuth2 authentication method under Data source credentials section.


Thanks,
Lydia Zhang

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Tom_Y
Advocate II
3 years ago

You are right! OAuth2 is the answer for Get Data --> Web and credentials fail in Power BI Services!!!! Thanks x 10000.

Spent 10 hours and finally find the answer here. Please spread the message so more people can be saved.