How to fix "code":"InvalidDocumentAccessLevel","message":"Cannot access source document location with the current permissions."

Question

I am trying to use Microsoft power automate to automatically translate documents uploaded to a sharepoint folder. The documents are first retrieved and then stored in an Azure blob storage account. This works fine. This blob should then be retrieved by the translator to be translated. This is where the error seems to occur, as the validation error states there is no permission to access the source file location.

The thing is, it should have access as far as I'm aware. I have also followed the azure tutorial to give the translator access to the storage account. In addition, for testing purposes, I have allowed anonymous read access to the storage container and it's contents. Please help me find a solution. Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

Hello Falco Zandboer (0941881),

Thank you for posting your query here!

The error message you’re encountering, “Cannot access source document location with the current permissions,” typically indicates that the Azure Translator service is unable to access the blob in your Azure Storage account due to insufficient permissions.

Please note that if you’ve disallowed public access to your storage account, all requests to blob data must be authorized regardless of the container’s public access setting. Even if you’ve allowed anonymous read access to the container, the Translator service might still need explicit authorization if public access is disallowed at the storage account level.

Power Automate and Power Apps does not support connection with Azure Blob storage if the Blob storage is behind the firewall.

Please try to set public access at the storage account level.

Before you can use the Translator V3 connector's operations for document translation, you must grant your Translator resource access to your storage account using a managed identity with role based identity control (RBAC).

Or else you may use the Azure Translator service with a SAS URL to access the blob in the Azure Storage. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/77066290/cannot-access-source-document-location-with-the-current-permissions

For reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/translator/connector/document-translation-flow?tabs=blob-storage#translate-documents

Similar posts: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/610532/getting-error-while-translating-document-using-azu

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1286278/cannot-access-source-document-location-with-the-cu

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