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BIAnalyst907
4 years agoNew Member
PBI Service Refresh Error -A web API key credential is required when a web API key name is provided
I have been trying to set up a report to auto refresh, pulling data from a WebAPI data source. I'm getting the following error: "A web API key credential is required when a web API key name is p...
otravers
4 years agoCommunity Champion
How do you authenticate against the API? Does it refresh in Power BI Desktop? This thread (and the links within it) might help you:
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Power-Query/Help-on-Power-BI-Service-Refresh-of-APIs/td-p/2287076