Forum Discussion

Leise's avatar
Leise
Regular Visitor
9 years ago

Help... please! Credentials are required to connect to the Web source: Basic Authentication for REST

Hi there,   I have a set of REST Services that I connect to using Web.   The REST Services use Basic Authentication over HTTPS.   When refreshing these services through Power BI Desktop and ent...
Anonymous's avatar
Anonymous
Not applicable
9 years ago

Hi Leise,

 

Can you please provide more detail information about this? (for e.g. gateway connection mode, use choose which gateway, where the REST service located? on-premise/online)

 

>> When I download the Data Gateway and click the EXE nothing happens. I have tried unblocking the EXE, running it in Compatibility Mode and still nothing.

Please share more detail content about your testing steps.

 

Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng

Leise's avatar
Leise
Regular Visitor
9 years ago

Hi Xiaoxin,

 

The REST Service is an online REST Service that is publically accessible.

 

At this stage there is no gateway in play as I could not get it to install.

 

So a few questions:

Do I definitely need a gateway to make the scheduled refresh work
If so, what gateway connection mode and settings do I need to use

 

Many thanks.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    9 years ago

    Hi Leise,


    Please provide the detail information about datasource settings of power bi desktop and the dataset setting of power bi service.
    Have you used the 'web.page' connector in power query?

    If that is a case, you need a gateway to manage the refresh; otherwise power bi will use 'connect live' mode to link your source.

     

    Regards,

    Xiaoxin Sheng