Register The Power BI Application In Azure AD - Power BI Embedded - Step By Step - Part Two

Dhruvin Shah

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Mudassir ALI5y ago
Hey Dhruvin, Can we register power bi app in Azure b2c? so the users should signup them self and view the dashboards?
Sadhana Vatte6y ago
HI Dhruvin, Thank you so much for the detailed documentation. I am getting the below error for Azure function. 2020-04-07T04:00:07.909 [Info] Function started (Id=15d6e0d2-331e-425f-8d57-35b2fdd9a999)2020-04-07T04:00:09.237 [Error] Exception while executing function: Functions.HttpTriggerCSharp1. Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Script: One or more errors occurred. Microsoft.PowerBI.Api: Operation returned an invalid status code 'Unauthorized'. 2020-04-07T04:00:09.300 [Error] Function completed (Failure, Id=15d6e0d2-331e-425f-8d57-35b2fdd9a999, Duration=1389ms) Could you please help me?
Sadhana Vatte6y ago
HI Dhruvin, Thank you so much for the detailed documentation.
tola dy8y ago
Hello Dhruvin, does it able to work with Application type "Web app / API" ? if can work pls advice or provide the sample pls. thanks
Uus Khusni8y ago
Dear Mr Dhruvin. I am from indonesia and new bi in Power BI. i got task to call PBI Dashboard on c# windows form. please help me give advice step by step. Best Regard
- Dhruvin Shah8y ago
  Power BI facilitates ASP.NET SDK to embed Power BI reports in .net application. You are using Windows Form. You may need to change some of the code may be. Please refer this article for .net SDK and Power BI. https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/embed-power-bi-report-using-asp-net-sdk-power-bi-embedded-step-by-step-par/

Overview

In this article, we will talk about how we can register our Power BI application with Azure AD.

There are two ways to register the Power BI application with Azure AD.

Using Power BI portal
Using Azure AD

Before we start, I suggest you look at my first article.

Overview of Power BI Embedded

Now, let’s get started,

Register your Power BI Application using Power BI Portal

Access Power BI portal using the following URL.

https://dev.powerbi.com/apps
Sign in with Power BI Pro account
Add the following information to your App.
1. App name = any name of the application
2. App type = Choose from Server-side Web app or Native app
3. Redirect URL = Any valid URL for redirection. Here, we will add Report URL as a redirection URL. You can give any URL name like this,http://localhost:80/redirect
Here, we will choose Native app.

Now, there may be a question in your mind, when to use Native app and when to use Web app?

It's simple, when you have app data with your Power BI application, you can go with Native app.

For more details about it, please refer to the the following thread.

http://community.powerbi.com/t5/Developer/App-Type-Selection-for-Embedding-content-for-Non-Power-BI-users/m-p/242062#M7562

Choose APIs to access: Select the permissions from the check boxes.
Click on Register App. It will generate the Client ID. Copy the Client ID for Future reference.

Register your Power BI Application using Power BI Portal

Log in to the Azure Portal using https://portal.azure.com
From the left side, select Azure Active Directory, go to App registration, and click on "New application registration".

It will ask for the following information,

Name = any name of the application
Application type = Choose from Web app/ API or Native app

Here, we will choose Native app.

Now, there may be a question in your mind, when to use Native app and when to use Web app?

Simple, when you have app data with your Power BI application, you can go with Native app.

For more details about it please refer to the following thread:

http://community.powerbi.com/t5/Developer/App-Type-Selection-for-Embedding-content-for-Non-Power-BI-users/m-p/242062#M7562

Set the redirect URL. It may be any URL. We have set Report URL as Redirect URL. You can give any URL name like this:

http://localhost:80/redirect

It will create an application in Azure AD. Now, copy the Application ID as shown from the following image. We will use it in the future as a reference.

Now, we need to have the following permissions for the Power BI app in Azure AD.

Windows Azure Active Directory
Power BI Service

To create and assign new permission, click on Add button. Click on Select API
Choose Power BI Service and click on Select.
Assign all delegated permissions and click on Select.
For Windows Azure Active Directory, assign all delegate permissions.
All assigned permissions will look like the following image.
Now, it’s time to grant and assign the permission to already created Power BI application.
From App setting, click on Required Permission and select Grant permissions. Click on Yes.

Conclusion:

This is how we can register an app with Power BI portal and Azure portal. Hope you loved this article!

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