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ukeasyproj's avatar
ukeasyproj
Helper II
9 years ago

issue with data set credentials

Currently I have built a few direct query reports in PowerBI and published them to the app.powerbi service.

 

All of the published reports access the same source SQL Database, but each report has unique credentials.

 

It seems like the service overwrites the credentials for all of the reports that use the same source database when I go to update the credentials for a given report's dataset.

 

Is there a workaround for this?

 

In other words, when I set the credentials for a dataset, I only want that dataset to be updated, not any other dataset that uses the same source database.

Need Help

2 Replies

  • v-ljerr-msft's avatar
    v-ljerr-msft
    Microsoft Employee
    9 years ago

    Hi ukeasyproj,



    Currently I have built a few direct query reports in PowerBI and published them to the app.powerbi service.

     

    All of the published reports access the same source SQL Database, but each report has unique credentials.

     

    It seems like the service overwrites the credentials for all of the reports that use the same source database when I go to update the credentials for a given report's dataset.

    How do you update the credentials for a given report's dataset that is using direct query mode? I can't find the option under dataset settings for a specific dataset using direct query mode. Do you update the credentials for the SQL Database within Manage Gateway settings? :smileyhappy:

     

    Regards

    • ukeasyproj's avatar
      ukeasyproj
      Helper II
      9 years ago

      v-ljerr-msft

       

      Hi, I am referring to this screen:

       

       

      when I go to edit credentials, it seems like it updates the credentials for all datasets that use the same SQL source DB

       

      is there a way to only update the credentials for this dataset only and leave the others as is

       

      just to add this is an Azure SQL server (in the cloud)