Connect Power Bi to Sharepoint on premise using Get Data

[cca]

We are have an on Premise 2013 Sharepoint. we want to connect Power Bi destop to the Sharepoint sites in order to access excel files. We have tried using the root directory url, the folder directory url and we have not been able to connect. The error we get using windows credential is "Access to the resource is fobidden". The user creating the connection has full rights at the Sharepoint web application level and can browse the Sharepoint site and folders on a browser. 

Please we need help in order to resolve the issue. Is there anything that need to be configured in Sharepoint to allow Power Bi to connect successfully.  Is there permissions that need to be granted the user credentials used in making the connections. Thanks you in advance for for your advise

[Nolan]

I had the same issue but using windows authentication or entering credentials did not work for me. I connected to SharePoint using File Explorer and was promted for authentication. After it was entered and I could use File Explorer to browse content on the server I went back to Power BI and connected without issue.

[v-qiuyu-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @cca,

Does the Power BI desktop run on the same server which hosts the SharePoint? If not, are those two servers in the same server and can communicate each other?

In your scenario, please follow v-yuezhe-msft's suggestion to get data from the Excel in on-premise SharePoint: SharePoint On Premise Connection to Excel File. As it's on-premise SharePoint, please select Windows authentication, if current Windows credential doesn't have permission to access this Excel, please enter alternate credential when get data.

Make sure you run the latest desktop version 2.45.4704.722.

Best Regards,
Qiuyun Yu

[cca]

Hi @v-qiuyu-msft The Power BI run on a different server from the Sharepoint server. But they are in the same domain and can communicate to each other. I have tried option 2 and I still get permission error. 

[v-qiuyu-msft]

Hi @cca,

As you mentioned you have tried the option 2, what's the result when you type the SharePoint site root URL in browser on the server Power BI desktop runs?

How about the result when you try the option 1?

Best Regards,
Qiuyun Yu

[cca]

Hi @v-qiuyu-msft,

When i tried the 2 option i get the error "Access to the resource is fobidden".

When I tried the 1 option, it was successful, I was able to conenct to the excel file.

I dont understand why I get the permission error with the 2 option