Cannot Connect Power BI to Business Central

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Hi:

I have done this, before. So, I don't know why I'm having an issue with this all of a sudden.

In Power BI Desktop, I'm logged in with Business Central administrative credentials.

But, when I choose Get Data...Online Services...Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, I'm not connected to the correct environment. I'm connected to a different company's environment.

Perhaps, is this happening because I only have a free license to the environment that I want to access? I didn't think that I would need a Pro license just to access the data from Business Central in Power BI Desktop.

Otherwise, what am I doing wrong?

Thanks!

John

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Francisco Bedolla 1,123 on at

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File - Setup and options - data setup

Edit Permission - start as another user

or delete permissions

and start a new connection again

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Hey John,

When we connect Power BI to Business Central SAAS (not on prem ) , it asks us to login to BC if not already logged in.

So what you can do, log out of BC, connect PBI to BC via Get data-> online services and then PBI will ask you to login to BC. Provide your credentials, amd then check if correct company is coming or not.

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john.ellis 3,518 on at

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Thank you, Francisco! This is exactly what I needed!

Before, even logging in the "old fashioned way" and using the credentials of the organizational environment did not work.

Your way worked! Thanks, again!

John

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How Do I: Publish a Power BI report to another BC tenant? – think about IT

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