Trav on 21 Aug 2015 09:38:21
It would be great if we can connect or open the password protected excel workbook inside Power BI Desktop. Of course we should know & provide the password first.
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RE: Connect to password protected excel workbook
Not helpful to restrict access to sensitive files for reporting purposes, please remove and enable import.
RE: Connect to password protected excel workbook
It would also be so good to have this for PQ in Excel too
RE: Connect to password protected excel workbook
Please prioritize rolling out this feature, its a pretty essential feature.
RE: Connect to password protected excel workbook
In desperate need of this feature!
RE: Connect to password protected excel workbook
It would be great if this feature gets worked on. We would really make great use of it!
RE: Connect to password protected excel workbook
We really need this..
RE: Connect to password protected excel workbook
I am also facing the same issue... I am sure a lot of company wants a dashboard off of a locked spreadsheets... Especially from Sharepoint and OneDrive... Like ask for a password before open/edit.
RE: Connect to password protected excel workbook
I landed here after a very quick search for 'Power BI password protected Excel'. I cannot believe this is a thing! Surely there should be a way to enter the password in Power BI and convey it securely to the Excel workbook. Needs implementing!
RE: Connect to password protected excel workbook
As Excel and PowerBI are from the same company, it should be possible to have a field for "Password", so PowerBI could via API or something similar pass the required code. See "avanced" options of excel sheet importing dialog ... https://community.powerbi.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/252030i14BF4B6ECFA9F088/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999
RE: Connect to password protected excel workbook
This is a needed feature. If you have the password it should be an option to enter it upon connection, similar to connecting to SQL or any other authenticated connection