Refresh issue in desktop

[yuktadiya]

hi All

i have lot reports to refresh every day manually.

suppose i refresh a report with giving id and password and refresh the dataset. refresh correctly after that i close the report and open the another report and press resfresh button it throws error

in that report i will go file menu and select new blank report and select options and settings in that select data source setting and clear the permissions and close the report and giving the id and password it will start refresh manually in desktop

it was repating for every report why?

kindly help

Regards

[danextian]

Power BI will typically reuse stored credentials when connecting to the same data source, so you shouldn’t need to re-enter your ID and password each time. However, this only works if the source is recognized as the exact same connection. If the data source belongs to a different account (for example, a similar dataflow hosted under another tenant or login), Power BI treats it as a separate source and won’t reuse the existing credentials.

In your case, the issue happens because each report may be tied to slightly different data source definitions or credential scopes. So even if they look identical, Power BI doesn’t always carry over the authentication.

[cengizhanarslan]

In every report, go to:

Home → Transform data → Data source settings → change the source connection to use the exact same server name format, casing, and parameters across all files.

Once all reports point to an identical connection string, credentials entered in one report are reused automatically in subsequent ones.

[InsightsByV]

Hi, 

Try giving credentials in Data Source settings. Go to Data Source Settings -> Data Source -> Edit Permission ->Credentials -> Edit (choose according to your data source) and set the Privacy Level accordingly and sign in.

You should do this for the reports that are causing issues. 

Try this, let us know if that works 

[Kedar_Pande]

Global credentials cache conflict.

Batch fix:

File → Options → Data Load → Global permissions → Clear All

Power BI Helper (free tool) → Clear credentials all reports at once

Refresh first report → enter creds → Data source settings → Global → Clear unused