Once you set your PowerBI application ID and credentials, you'll be able to start displaying PowerBI dashboards in the following areas of Projector Web.
Permissions and Settings
To enable this section turn on Advanced Analytics from the Modules Editor.
To make changes on this tab you must have the global permission System Settings set to Update.
Just Getting Started?
Consider working with one of our PowerBI partners to help you get PowerBI licensing, help with your Projector configuration, and training on building your first dashboards.
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.
- 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
- 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 username and password here. Two-factor authentication is not supported
- Restart Management Portal
Get PowerBI
To author PowerBI content you will need to install their desktop software.
Pull Projector Data into PowerBI
PowerBI pulls data from Projector's reports tab. If you don't already have a Projector report accessible over the web, make one.
Use Get Data | Web to connect to your Projector data.
Once you have a report's URL, paste it into the form and Connect
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.
Configure Projector
Projector can now be configured to connect to this dashboard.