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PaulDBrown
Community Champion
4 years ago
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The dreaded data credentials error ...

I have a PBIX file where all data sources are online (Wikipedia, Github, Sharepoint, webpages...  The credentials for Sharepoint are correct using an Organization account. All is fine if I r...
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  • Watsky's avatar
    Watsky
    4 years ago

    Hey PaulDBrown , 

    What source connection string are you using for them? Are any of them Web.BrowserContents? If so change them to Web.Contents and see if that helps.

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Watsky
Solution Sage
4 years ago

Hey PaulDBrown , 

What source connection string are you using for them? Are any of them Web.BrowserContents? If so change them to Web.Contents and see if that helps.

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    PaulDBrown
    Community Champion
    4 years ago

    Watsky  Genius!!
    I'll have to work through the different (real) sources but I just tested your suggestion with 3 online sources as a test and it worked! Thanks so much for your help. I'll report back once I've updated the real queries.

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      PaulDBrown
      Community Champion
      4 years ago

      Watsky  Works like a charm in the report queries. Thank you again!

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        Watsky
        Solution Sage
        4 years ago

        Glad to hear it PaulDBrown! ğŸ¤“

  • CJSquibb's avatar
    CJSquibb
    Advocate II
    3 years ago

    Hi Watsky, I just came across this reply when searching for reasons why I couldn't refresh some Wikipedia data I am using. Because I'm fairly new to Power BI, and am a freelancer doing my own IT setup, I had naturally assumed that all the problems were "my fault" and had wasted hours trying to fix my gateway settings and permissions etc. Thank you so much!