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This page will walkthrough the setup of PowerBI in K using the direct connect method.
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Known Power BI limitations (limited by Microsoft)
Known KADA Power BI integration limitations (to be resolved in upcoming releases) Power BI currently only supports lineage to Snowflake, SQL Server and Oracle
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This step is performed by the Power BI Admin At the end of this step, the AD Group will need to be provided with access to the following Admin API Settings:
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Open Power BI portal and navigate to Admin Portal in the top right hand navigation
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Set Allow Service Principals to use read-only Power BI admin APIs to Enabled
Select Specific Security Groups
Add an the AD group (K PowerBI AD Group) that is appropriate for managing this access. This is typically the Admin group for Power BI. If no appropriate group exists, contact your Azure AD admin to create a new security group.Record this AD group for Step 2
[Required for Power BI detailed lineage] Set Enhance admin API responses with detailed metadata to Enabled
Add the same AD group (e.g. K PowerBI AD Group) as the previous API Settings option
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Set Enhance admin APIs responses with DAX and mashup expressions to Enabled
Add the same AD group (e.g. K PowerBI AD Group)as the previous API Settings option
[Required for Power BI detailed lineage] Set Allow Service Principals to use Power BI APIs to Enabled
Select Specific Security Groups
Add the same AD group (e.g. K PowerBI AD Group) as the previous step
Set Download Reports to Enabled and apply to The entire organisation
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Make sure you send the AD Group name used to the Azure AD Admin so that they can complete the next step |
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[Required for Detailed Lineage] Your K instance will now have access to the majority of your Power BI assets. To profile and catalog items such as Pages within a Report, or if your datasource connections use parameters, please add the KADA Power BI API Integration (created in Step 2) as a Member to each Power BI workspace you want it to profile.
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Select Direct Connect and add your Power BI details and click Next
Fill in the Source Settings and click Save & Next
Name: Give the Power BI source a name in K
Host: Must be unique. You can use http://app.powerbi.com if you only have 1 instance of Power BI.
Timeout: Default is 10, sometimes it may take longer for the API to respond, so we recommend increasing it to 20
Add Update the Host / Mapping details. See Database mapping - see Host / Database Mapping for more details. This step can be completed after the initial load via the guided workflow.
Select Enable Workspace Filtering if you wish to load only select Workspaces
Add Connection Details and click Save & Next
Tenant ID: Add the Directory (tenant) ID copied from step 2
Client ID : Add the Application (client) ID copied from Step 2
Client Secret: Add the Secret ID copied from Step 2
Test your connection and click Next
If you selected Enabled Workspace Filtering select the Workspaces you want to load. If you have a lot of workspaces this may take a bit of time to load.
Click Finish Setup
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