You are building a Power BI Desktop report that merges data from an Azure SQL Database and a CSV file stored on a network share. When you refresh, Power BI shows "Information is required to combine data", and you must also swap the database login to a read-only account. Where in Power BI Desktop can you change both the stored credentials and downgrade both sources from Private to Organizational so that the merge succeeds?
Publish the report, then in the Power BI service go to the dataset's Settings page and change Data source credentials and privacy levels.
In Query Options under Global > Security, clear Require user approval for native queries and enable Ignore Privacy Levels.
Select File > Options and settings > Data source settings, highlight each source, choose Edit Permissions, then edit Credentials and set Privacy Level to Organizational.
Open Transform data, choose Advanced Editor, and manually add PrivacyLevel=Organizational and Credential fields in the M connection strings.
The Data source settings dialog is the only place in Power BI Desktop that exposes both per-source credentials and the Privacy Level drop-down. Selecting File > Options and settings > Data source settings, highlighting a source, and then choosing Edit Permissions lets you edit Credentials and set the Privacy Level (e.g., Organizational). The Advanced Editor only edits M code and cannot store credentials; Query Options > Security changes global fast-combine behavior rather than individual privacy levels; the Power BI service can update credentials but cannot alter the privacy level of a local file path once the report is published.
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