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absmiths
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8 years ago

Access Datasets using PowerBI REST API from Java

I am trying to access the rest API to refresh a dataset, and I am running into authorization problems.  I need to use an app registration from azure.  I create an Authorization context with my client...
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    absmiths
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    8 years ago

    I went through those steps a couple of different times, and it hasn't worked.  I have tried creating a user using the pbi developer access page and using the azure ad portal directly.  I still only get an 'Unauthorized' response.

     

    One part I can't follow is granting the AD permission "Access the directory as the signed in user".  My org prohibits this but it doesn't seem necessary anyway since I am not doing impersonation.  Also, in my case I am using a web API instead of a native application type.  Is this required for accessing the dataset refresh API?