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Power BI connection using service principal

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Hi,

 

I have a Power Automate Cloud Flow that connects to a Power BI dataset to download some data into a Dataverse table. I'm getting this ready for production by changing connections to use Service Principals rather than my account. I've done this for the Dataverse connector, and I've changed the flow owner to the Service Principal.

 

It appears that the Power BI connector does not support using a Service Principal. The only option is a user that can be validated using OAuth. Is this accurate? What is the best practice in this case?

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    Hi @bbains ,

     

    At my knowledge, the Power BI connector does not support service principal.

    But you can use http action to call power BI api with service principal.

    https://forwardforever.com/how-to-use-service-principal-in-power-bi-admin-rest-api-in-power-automate/

     

    Best Regards,

    Wearsky

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