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sananthv
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Power BI Desktop salesforce object connector "please specify how to connect"

As a saleforce admin I am able to login to the sandbox from power BI. When I click connect it give me an error saying "Please specify how to connect". Any idea why this is happening. I was able to connect to otehr sandbox instances before.

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sananthv
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Just use https://test.salesforce.com for all sandbox accounts and it works.

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sananthv
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Just use https://test.salesforce.com for all sandbox accounts and it works.

Anonymous
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how can i use saleforce connector to go with gateway and refresh dashboard data on PBI service 

 

mikedruta
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I had the exact same issue. By accident, I tried to connect again after making sure the custom URL was all lowercase. I know, it does not make much sense, but I no longer received the error.

v-yuezhe-msft
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Hi @sananthv,

Do you login into a custom domain? If that is the case, the ability to login into a custom or sandbox domain is not currently supported in Power BI. An idea about this issue has been submitted in the following link, please vote it.

https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/7093334-power-query-should-suppor...


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Lydia Zhang

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Hello Lydia,

 

I'm having the same problem too, connecting Power BI desktop to a custom and sandbox domain for Salesforce. 

 

 

The comment in the idea forum link you posted shows:

Anonymous commented  ·  June 05, 2015 08:28  ·  Flag as inappropriate

Huzzah! This now works in the June 4 2015 update. Would be nice if it would REMEMBER that custom domain once provided. It's never gonna change for me. Gotta keep pasting it in there every time. 😞

 

Can you confirm that this has been implemented? Or is this still a known limitation in the current Power BI desktop version?

 

Thanks! 

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