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sonm10
Helper I
Helper I

Power BI Service Connecting to a shared folder

Hello experts,

 

I have a report that uses folder as a datasource. The folder is a directory in a linux machine and my gateway is installed on a mindows machine in the same network. The linux directory is shared on the network and mapped to a network drive (Z) on my windows machine where the gateway is installed. When I am refreshing the data through my power bi desktop it works fine but once the report is published to the service I am not able to refresh. It says data source not found.

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Anonymous
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Hi @sonm10 ,

Whether the problem has been resolved? If yes, could you please mark the helpful post as Answered? It will help other members in the community find the solution easily if they face the similar problem with you. Thank you.

Best Regards

Rena

Anonymous
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Hi @sonm10 ,

Please review the solution in the following threads, hope they can help you...

Network folder

Data source for network drive using on-premises gateway

Enterprise Gateway mapped network drive issue

Best Regards

Rena

lbendlin
Super User
Super User

your folder connection string should not use drive letters but a UNC address

 

\\fqdn\share

 

Can you try that?

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