Power BI is a business analytics service provided by Microsoft. It provides interactive visualizations with self-service business intelligence capabilities making it easier for business users to create reports and dashboards.
Datameer X uses the Power BI REST API which provides programmatic access to dashboard resources such as datasets, tables, and rows in Power BI.
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The Power BI plug-in comes standard as of Datameer X v6.3. It allows users to export workbooks in Datameer X by creating a connection to Power BI's cloud offering in Azure. Users with the Power BI desktop version for Windows should instead use an integration link. |
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The following resources are necessary to complete Power BI setup. Go through them and complete any necessary steps before proceeding with setup on Datameer X
- Learn more about setting up Power BI by visiting Microsoft's Power BI documentation.
- Set up an Active Directory application using Azure portal.
- Create an Azure Active Directory tenant.
- Register a Power BI client app in Azure Active Directory.
- Log into Power BI.
Part of setting up Power BI requires Azure Admin Rights.
Prerequisites
- The Datameer X user is part of the relevant Power BI subscription.
- The Datameer X user can provide the name of Azure Active Directory (Tenant) and the Client ID (Application ID) of the related app needed for authentication and authorization to Power BI.
Activate the Azure application for Datameer X using the following link in your web browser and adding your specific credentials found in the Microsoft Azure portal:
https://login.microsoftonline.com/TENANT_ID/oauth2/authorize?client_id=CLIENT_ID&redirect_uri=REDIRECT_URI&response_type=code&prompt=PERMISSION#
- The REDIRECT URI must be html encoded. Example: "https://login.live.com/oauth20_desktop.srf" is written as "https%3A%2F%2Flogin.live.com%2Foauth20_desktop.srf"
- The PERMISSION configuration setting can be set as consent for a normal user or admin_ consent for an admin user giving access to all users in the Active Directory.
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