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MRK2021
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Manual and Schedule Refresh Does not work when the data source is Synapse

Hello PBI Community,

I have a PBI dataset that it is connteced to Synpse.
When I open the report on my desktop I can easily refresh the data so the credential is fine.
However, when I try to refresh it through Powerbi Service I will recieve the following error and it does not work.

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R1k91
Super User
Super User

using personal account is not a best practice. use a service account instead.

I had a case at a customer where authentication tokens for personal accounts expire every 24 hours therefore the token saved on power bi service is valid today but not tomorrow giving refresh errors like the one you're seeing right now. to be honest I'm not sure it's your case, anyway a service account it's a better solution.

 

Synapse's firewall is under networking section.

By default it has an "allowall" rule but if it's disabled, you need to "allow azure services".

 

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again I would expect a different error if it'd be a firewall issue let's search everything.

 


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Riccardo Perico
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MRK2021
Frequent Visitor

Thanks for this but did not resolve the issue 😞

R1k91
Super User
Super User

yes I mean credentials setup under settings.

are those credentials the same?

 

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are you using a user with MFA?

do you have any kind of firewall rules active on synapse?


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Riccardo Perico
BI Architect @ Lucient Italia | Microsoft MVP

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MRK2021
Frequent Visitor

I am using my personal account that needs MFA
I am not sure about the firewall, I have to check it out. Do you know what setting in Synapse I have to check?

R1k91
Super User
Super User

are credentials you're using on desktop the same configured on the service?


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Riccardo Perico
BI Architect @ Lucient Italia | Microsoft MVP

Blog | GitHub

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MRK2021
Frequent Visitor

If you are asking about the PBI dataset setting then the answer is yes

MRK2021
Frequent Visitor

You mean on the setting page of the PowerBI Dataset?

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