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Connecting Business Central directly to Power Pivot Excel Add-In via OData

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Hi,

I'm currently looking to integrate Business Central data directly to Power Pivot for Excel usage, without having to go through the ETL functions in PowerBI or Power Query within Excel. 

I managed to connect BC to Excel using this method: https://www.encorebusiness.com/blog/how-to-setup-excel-query-for-dynamics-365-business-central/

However, through this method, I end up having to load all data into my Excel sheet before I can further load it into Power Pivot. 

Now to the case: Power Pivot has the same ETL function as Excel (OData Data Feed) which should be able to load in data from the API function under web services in Business Central (as Power Pivot is not updated anymore, it doesn't have a direct Business Central ETL function). However, every time I insert the API, I get the following error message : The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occured on a send.

I think this might be due to a certificate error, but I'm not sure how to fix it. 

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks

BR,
René

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    Frank Hamelly | MVP, MCP, CSA Profile Picture
    46,625 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

    This is the Finance & Operations forum, not Business Central.  You might want to post your question in the Business Central forum.  (+) Dynamics 365 Business Central - Forums, Blogs, Support

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