Power BI ArcGIS connector fails to display basemap imagery from our Enterprise Portal

[nick_red]

Issue Details:

• When opening Power BI, a login prompt appears for ArcGIS Online (AGOL). We hit cancel, then proceed to log into our Enterprise Portal through the ArcGIS connector widget.

• Previously, we were able to select and display our custom basemap imagery without issues.

• Now the basemap imagery no longer displays for most users.

• The following error message appears in Power BI: "The basemap is unavailable or has been deleted from the server. Sign in from another visual then reset the map."

  On my computer, the basemap still displays correctly. 

• Most other users encounter the error.

• When I try opening Power BI in a private browser window or in Power BI Desktop, I also get the error. 

• No changes have been made to the basemap in the past week.

• User permissions do not appear to be the issue since I also receive the error in private browsing mode.

• Basemap does not pass the embeded/publish check

[NaZhang_Esri]

Hi @nick_red,

I'm guessing the credentials are cleared out for some users and also in a private browser. Could you please try to sign in to your portal first and view the report? Please let me know if this doesn't work. Thank you!

[nick_red]

Hello NaZhang_Esri,

Yes, I tried that, and it didn't work. I found the issue causing my problem after working with an ESRI representative. The issue was that after setting the imagery layer and the web map the imagery layer was linked to create our custom basemap to public, then validating it in PowerBI, the validation passes for the basemap with all green checks, and then I save it. When I try to view the map, it works. Even once I set the imagery layer and web map back to the sharing status of 'Organization' in Portal, it works. But this is not a good solution because: A) Our items in the portal can't be shared with the public. B) I can't set those two items to public, then save it in PowerBI and set it back to 'Organization' every time someone creates a new PowerBI report that wants to use our custom basemap imagery as the basemap.

This used to work just fine about three months ago when our items were set to 'Organization'. Please advise, ESRI was able to replicate this error too.

Thanks,

Nick

[NaZhang_Esri]

Thank you @nick_red! The representative has reached out to me and we are working to figure out what's happening. 

[Anna-K]

Hello! Since we're facing a similar problem, I'll keep an eye on this thread for updates.

[NaZhang_Esri]

Hi @Anna-K ,

Could you please add more details about your problem? Are you able to view the map after signing in to the Enterprise portal?

[Anna-K]

Yes, we signed in to AG Enterprise in a separate Power BI map window, after which the original Power BI map window started to work. However, we don't think this is an optimal solution for our Power BI end users.

[NaZhang_Esri]

Hi @nick_red,

Did you try to sign in Enterprise in the Edit mode in Power BI and then go back to the map with the blocking page? 

[nick_red]

Tried it and still get that error. Feature layers display fine when they are shared with org (even though they don't pass validation) and you use the standard esri basemap. But if you try to use a custom basemap you will get this image after saving.

[FMGLGIS]

We are experiencing the same behavior, started occurring in recent months, previously org shared imagery services were displaying as expected in published dashboards. Replying to follow the thread, we're also logging a case with ESRI support.