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danextian
Super User
2 years ago

Unable to set data source credentials to public webpages

Hello,   This was never the case before. This used to be very straightforward. I would just go the data source credentials and set it to anonymous but now the data source credentials is grayed ou...
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tez147
Regular Visitor
2 years ago

Hi danextian 

When you select 'Web' connector to connect to public data, Power Query creates function 'Web.BrowserContents'("URL"). You can check this in advance editor in the Power Query.

We need to modify this function to 'Web.Contents'("URL"), refresh the report and publish it into the Power BI service. Remember to delete existing symantic model from Service before publishing the new one. 

Now it will say that "You don't need a gateway... and you can configure connection under the "Data Source Credentials". You can also set "anonymous" as authentication type. 

Please mark it as a solution if it has solved your issue.

 

Regards,

Tez147

 

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    danextian
    Super User
    2 years ago

    Hi tez147

     

    That option is grayed out as shown in the screenshot.