
Create measures in your data model in Power BI Desktop, then publish the data model to the Power BI service and access that published dataset from Excel. To address this issue, you have a few options: In these cases, the behavior in Excel is different from the behavior in Power BI Desktop or the Power BI service: there may be columns in the data that can be treated as measures in Power BI, but can't be used as values (measures) in Excel. Implicit measures are generated dynamically, and not stored in the data model. In those cases, the tabular model is available locally, and you can use implicit measures. This is different from working with a local data source (such as tables in Excel, or working with datasets in Power BI Desktop or the Power BI service). When your Power BI dataset connects to an external OLAP model (which is how Excel connects to Power BI), the PivotTable requires measures to be defined in the external model, since all calculations are performed on the server. Can't drag anything to the PivotTable Values area (no measures) Connecting to Power BI datasets that are built on live connections to Analysis Services is not supported unless the user has read access to the data in Analysis Services in addition to the datasets permissions in Power BI. If you're trying to access a dataset that has a live connection to SQL Server Analysis Services or Azure Analysis Services data, you may receive an error message. Unable to access on-premises Analysis Services If you still run into errors, log into Power BI with the account that has permission, and verify that you can view and access the dataset in Power BI that you're attempting to access in Excel. After encountering the forbidden error, when prompted to enter your credentials, use the credentials that have permission to access the dataset you're trying to use. When this occurs, you may receive an error titled Forbidden, which means you may be signed into Power BI with credentials that do not have permissions to the dataset. Some users have more than one Power BI account, and when Excel attempts to connect to Power BI using existing credentials, it may use credentials that do not have access to the dataset or report you want to access.
Troubleshoot starting in Power BI with Analyze in Excel, specifically: Can't drag anything to the PivotTable Values area (no measures).Unable to access on-premises Analysis services.Troubleshooting Power BI data in Excel, in general: This article contains the following troubleshooting sections.
If you encounter a scenario that is not listed below, you can ask for assistance on the Power BI community site, or create a support ticket. Starting in Excel to connect to Power BI data.Starting in Power BI with Analyze in Excel.