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andymc
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5 years ago
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Using a Service Principal for the Activity Events API

Hello,   I have been setting up a proof of concept on accessing Activity Events API using a Service Principal account.  I have worked out most of the issues but am currently getting the error code ...
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    andymc
    5 years ago

    After a lot of trial and error I have finally solved the issue.  I am not entirely certain why this is the case but when I remove all references to Power BI API calls from Azure API Permissions setup in the Azure App Registration the call works.  

     

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mbutler71
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4 years ago

This does actually work. I also removed all of the permissions of a Service Principal I wasn't using and tried to call the Power BI Admin Activity Events API, and it got back the report usage data.