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marcosfreccia
Advocate I
Advocate I

Problems with Github connector to refresh

Hi Everyone,

 

I've written in the past this blog post https://marcosfreccia.wordpress.com/2017/11/17/looking-at-dbatools-github-with-power-bi/ on how to use Power BI and the Github connector. In my example I am using dbatools as repository where I want to see the dashboards. It happens that now the procedure I did in the blog post is not working anymore. 

 

Every time that I try to refresh the Data Set, this is what I get.

 

Message:The credentials provided for the github source are invalid. (Source at github.) Table: Users.
Cluster URI:WABI-SOUTH-CENTRAL-US-redirect.analysis.windows.net
Activity ID:9fe14d8b-cdaf-470e-aaca-0cbe452f47b2
Request ID:1afa3f86-90ec-7b34-5562-f68bad7e41b1
Time:2018-01-25 10:54:50Z

 

The only way that I get it working now is to point to the forked repository in my account. The problem with this approach is that I can't see more data such as: Pull Requests tab and Issues tab.

 

Has this changed recently?

 

Regards,

Marcos Freccia

Data Platform MVP

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v-lubayl
Frequent Visitor

I'm also having what I think is a similar problem, but I'm also having some issues with my domain credentials. First thing tomorrow morning I will try to get those sorted out and I hope that solves the problem because this has been quite frustrating and time-consuming to figure out.

Update: my domain credentials have been fixed, but I'm still having this problem.

surbhigargapar
Regular Visitor

How can i point to the forked repository in my account????

v-yulgu-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi @marcosfreccia,

 

Based on my test, I was able to connect to GitHub with the Repository Owner and Respository in my account. Everything looks correct in returned dashboard. Also, I can refresh the dataset successfully.

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From the prompt error message, there might be something wrong with your accout. I would suggest you create a support ticket for further analysis.

 

Best regards,

Yuliana Gu

Community Support Team _ Yuliana Gu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

 Hi @v-yulgu-msft that's a bit wierd. I tried yesterday with three different Power BI accounts (all from the same domain) and I still get the same problem. I will see if I can get an account from another domain to test it.

 

Thanks,

Marcos Freccia

Hi @marcosfreccia,

 

Have you resolved your problem? If yes, would you please tell us what the root cause is resulted in above error and share the valid resolution? If you still stuck on this problem, please create a support ticket for further analysis.

 

Regards,

Yuliana Gu

Community Support Team _ Yuliana Gu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
marcosfreccia
Advocate I
Advocate I

Hi Everyone,

 

I've written in the past this blog post https://marcosfreccia.wordpress.com/2017/11/17/looking-at-dbatools-github-with-power-bi/ on how to use Power BI and the Github connector. In my example I am using dbatools as repository where I want to see the dashboards. It happens that now the procedure I did in the blog post is not working anymore. 

 

Every time that I try to refresh the Data Set, this is what I get.

 

Message: The credentials provided for the github source are invalid. (Source at github.) Table: Users.


The only way that I get it working now is to point to the forked repository in my account. The problem with this approach is that I can't see more data such as: Pull Requests tab and Issues tab. 

 

Has this changed recently?

 

Regards,

Marcos Freccia

Data Platform MVP

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