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meiwah's avatar
meiwah
Resolver I
4 years ago

Power BI Rest API Postman "Try-it"

Hi, I used to obtain the Access Token from the "Try-it" feature at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/power-bi/admin     But now it is unavailable, so I used Postman, with the below pa...
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mariussve1's avatar
mariussve1
Solution Sage
4 years ago

If you in Postman go to the authorization tab and there you can choose bearer token. Paste the token only (NOT bearer in front) it should work.

 

BR

Marius

  • meiwah's avatar
    meiwah
    Resolver I
    4 years ago

    Hi Mariussve1, thks! I've pasted the Access Token under the Authorization tab in Postman but I still get the error "Unauthorized". Pls help

     

     

     

    • mariussve1's avatar
      mariussve1
      Solution Sage
      4 years ago

      Are you using Service Principal (Tenant-, -App and Secret ID) ?
      If yes, then you need to put this service principal in a security group in AAD (Azure AD). Then you have to permit this security group to the workspace you are running the REST API against.

      If you want to use the admin API's you have to grant accesst to this in the tenant settings:

      Br

      Marius

      • meiwah's avatar
        meiwah
        Resolver I
        4 years ago

        Thks Marisussve1! I've found another work around to acheive what I want to do. It is the custom connector Power BI API by Miguel Escobar