exel login loop on powerbi

o365 FIX: Prompting/loop`ing for account autentification when trying to open Excel with Power BI data (SOLVED)

EXEL keeps looping for acc login every time you refresh PowerBI data.

  1. OPEN CMD (admin rights) and uninstall MS security updates

cd %programfiles%\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun

and

officec2rclient.exe /update user updatetoversion=16.0.17830.20166

2. If problem still persist with EXEL file, open it go to DATA – QUERIES & CONNECTIONS, right click on CONNECTION – PROPERTIES – DEFINITION

Change MSOLAP.8 to MSOLAP.7 and delete Catalog Rebound=True if persist.

Example bad:

Provider=MSOLAP.8;Integrated Security=ClaimsToken;Persist Security Info=True;Initial Catalog=sobe_wowvirtualserver-434fe5cc-525c-4b24-a6a3-f9d9e799c35b;Data Source=pbiazure://api.powerbi.com;MDX Compatibility=1;Safety Options=2;MDX Missing Member Mode=Error;Identity Provider=https://login.microsoftonline.com/common, https://analysis.windows.net/powerbi/api, 929d0ec0-7a41-4b1e-bc7c-b754a28bddcc;Catalog Rebound=True;Update Isolation Level=2

Example good:

Provider=MSOLAP.7;Integrated Security=ClaimsToken;Persist Security Info=True;Initial Catalog=sobe_wowvirtualserver-434fe5cc-525c-4b24-a6a3-f9d9e799c35b;Data Source=pbiazure://api.powerbi.com;MDX Compatibility=1;Safety Options=2;MDX Missing Member Mode=Error;Identity Provider=https://login.microsoftonline.com/common, https://analysis.windows.net/powerbi/api, 929d0ec0-7a41-4b1e-bc7c-b754a28bddcc;Update Isolation Level=2