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Anonymous
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4 years ago

Power BI Active Directory connection

Hi,

 

 I have connected AD to the Power BI desktop to import all users and computer details but I cannot get data from the on-premises gateway. Could someone give a guide or documentation on how to set up the gateway for AD connection?

When I try to connect using gateway manager, throws an error with an incorrect credential. I am not sure do we need to have a special AD account with some permission to get data through the gateway. 

On desktop connection, I use my domain account and there is no issue importing the data.

 

Kind Regards

Eranga

 

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    Anonymous
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    4 years ago

    Hi Anonymous ,

     

    Did you try to add AD as a data source to the gateway?

     

     

    You may refer to Power BI Data Gateway with Active Directory 

     

    Best Regards,
    Community Support Team _ Caitlyn

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      Anonymous
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      4 years ago

      Hi Caitlyn,

       

       I can see you have the Azure Active Directory set up in the gateway. But I used normal on-premises AD.

      Do I need to use Azure AD for the gateway? 

      Secondly, you use the powerbi user account to connect. does it have special permission? I used my credential and I have the right to view and add computers and users to AD.

       

      Other than that, I followed the same steps.

       

      Kind Regards

      Eranga