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willatkinson
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2 years ago
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Types of authentication methods in Power BI service

Hi,   We are building reports based on files in SharePoint online and are having a few issues with access permisions.   When looking at credentials in the Power BI service for a report and we are...
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    ibarrau
    2 years ago

    Yes. There are two authentications. First the development phase one. The person using PowerBi Desktop will connect and build a report importing the data.

    Once it's published, Power Bi Service will ask a new credential to keep the data up to date from the cloud to the Sharepoint. For any of those connections, the OAuth2 with the microsoft professional account should have permission to see the file.

    After all is configured. You are importing data from sharepoint automatically. It's up to the owner of the report to whom they will share the report. People reading the reporting won't need access to sharepoint, only to the power bi report because the data is imported and the security now depends on PowerBi.

    I hope that make sense