Power BI connection to NAS folder

Hi Ouduk000  and kadirkkkk2 

This is a known limitation when connecting NAS drives in Power BI — mapped drives like O:\ won't work directly because Power BI runs under a different context. Here's what usually helps:

• Use the UNC path instead of drive letters:
  For example, \\100.11.11.1\sharedOne instead of O:\

• In the credentials section, try:

  • NASNAME\Username or DOMAIN\Username

  • Avoid LOCALMACHINE\Username unless the NAS is part of that machine’s domain.

• Make sure the gateway (if used) has access to the NAS path directly — the connection must succeed from the gateway machine’s perspective.

• As a last resort, if authentication fails despite valid creds, test mapping the NAS to a folder path using a script with net use and run Power BI as admin.