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Permissions and Settings

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Configure PowerBI Instance

Projector requires a specific setup of PowerBI in order to show dashboards within our platform. It must meet the following requirements:

1. PowerBI Pro - at least one user needs to be on a Pro account.
   
   

   Warning
   title Two Factor Authentication
   Two-factor authentication must be OFF for this user

   
   

2. Microsoft Azure - you have an Azure subscription
   
   

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   App Owns Data PowerBI instance tied to Azure - if you don't already have a PowerBI instance tied to Azure you can create one using this link https://app.powerbi.com/embedsetup/appownsdata 
   

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   If you already have an application you can get the application ID from https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_AAD_RegisteredApps/ApplicationsListBlade. You can get the workspace ID by logging into https://app.powerbi.com and opening the workspace tied to your Azure application. Look in the URL for the workspace ID. If you aren't sure if your PowerBI is tied to an App Registration, it's easiest to follow the link above and create a new one. You can publish your existing reports to the new space.

   
   

   1. When creating your application request API permissions for the following

      
      

   2. After creating your application note the Application ID and Workspace ID
      
      

4. API Access Enabled - under your App Registrations in Azure, open your application and go to API Permissions. If you requested permissions as suggested above you'll need an administrator to grant them. If you already have an app, grant the permissions by click Add a permission | Delegated permission | Select the Read permissions | click Grant admin consent for. 
   
    
   
5. User set to Admin - If the user accessing content via the API isn't already a workspace Admin, make them one at https://app.powerbi.com | Workspaces | Access.
   
   
   

Create PowerBI Content

If you do not already have content in your PowerBI instance, create at least one report. If everything is configured correctly you should see that reports are owned by the application and not by a specific user. In the screenshot below the name of our registered application is Power BI Embed PoC. 

You can author PowerBI content on either their website at https://app.powerbi.com or via their desktop software.

Point Projector at PowerBI Instance

Before you can start adding PowerBI dashboards you'll need to register your PowerBI instance with Projector. This is done from the Integrations tab | Advanced Analytics/BI subsection | MS Power BI blue dot. Enter your application ID and credentials.

1. Enter your application ID - if you do not know your ID see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/developer/embed-sample-for-your-organization#application-id
2. Click Set Credentials and enter your username and password - requires the use of a Master Account with a PowerBI Pro license. Enter the master account's case-sensitive username and password here. Two-factor authentication is not supported
3. Restart Management Portal

Pull Projector Data into PowerBI

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Once you have a report's URL, paste it into the form and Connect

Ignore Quoted Line Breaks

PowerBI analyzes the first two hundred rows of your file to determine which settings should be used for import. In the event that you import fields with line breaks, like description fields, then PowerBI may accidentally split on those breaks and your imported data won't make sense. This occurs when the first two hundred rows don't have line breaks. Excel then applies the wrong line-break settings.

To fix this, edit your query and for Source click the Gear icon. Change Line breaks to Ignore Quoted Line Breaks.

Create Content

The simplest way to get started is to build a table.  In the screenshot below we have connected to a Ginsu report.

Publish PowerBI Dashboard

Once your dashboard is configured, Publish it to a workspace. 

View on Web

Find your new dashboard in the workspace at https://app.powerbi.com. Copy the URL into notepad or another text editor. It should look something like this:

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