MailChimp Refresh Error

[jgarciabu]

Hello PowerBI Community,

Since 6/9/2016, my MailChimp dataset and accompanying dashboard have failed to refresh. The following is the error message each time it tries to refresh:

Data source type

Processing errorThe operation is canceled by user.

Cluster URIWABI-US-NORTH-CENTRAL-redirect.analysis.windows.net

Activity ID8bc662cd-f852-4dcf-8181-e39466a28abc

Request ID8257c61a-cce7-0bdb-0195-aa4bd20f250a

Time2016-06-13 14:19:45Z

Anyone else experiencing these issues with Mailchimp refreshes?

[ReportMaster]

Hi @jgarciabu  I know this reply is very late. Since the Mailchimp service pack was deprecated, you would have to look for another way. As a workaround, maybe you can use a 3rd party connector, it can save you a lot of time compared to other options. I've tried windsor.ai, supermetrics and funnel.io. I stayed with windsor because it is much cheaper so just to let you know other options. In case you wonder, to make the connection first search for the Mailchimp connector in the data sources list:

After that, you will have to first create a secret API key in your Mailchimp account and then using your credentials add your account to the platform.

Once you’ve done this, you can proceed and go to the “Preview and destination” step

There just select the fields you need. Finally, just select PBI as your data destination and finally just copy and paste the url on PBI --> Get Data --> Web --> Paste the url. 

[jgarciabu]

Mailchimp is now refreshing again. Not sure what changed, but after Mailchimp failed the last time, it disabled scheduled refreshes. Out of sheer curiosity, I turned it back on today to see what would happen and my dashboard and dataset refreshed.