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timalbers
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2 years ago

Power BI REST API - Auto refresh access token

Hi all, I have built a dataflow which retrieves data from the Power BI REST API. One of its use cases is to get all users who have access to the reports of our organization.    These are the st...
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    timalbers
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    2 years ago

    Yes, the reason is that I simply wasn't aware of this connector, thank you for suggesting it! I will have a look at it.

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    timalbers
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    2 years ago

    I remember why I did not pay much attention to custom connectors...
    I need a dataflow. Custom connectors can only be used in Desktop, or am I wrong?

    • lbendlin's avatar
      lbendlin
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      2 years ago

      remember that a gateway is a headless desktop.  Custom connectors work on gateways too, if you install the .mez correctly.  Not sure about dataflows in UI mode but it should work with a blank query and code copy/paste.

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        dbeavon3
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        2 years ago

        lbendlin 
        Pretty sure that dataflows have never supported custom connectors.  That is sort of a dead end.  

        They added it to several release waves in the past, but never delivered.

         

        Here is the idea
        https://ideas.fabric.microsoft.com/ideas/idea/?ideaid=70ae2adf-2f7f-42e3-9995-2b0f91c975d1

         

        The latest tentative ETA is Q1 2025.  But I have zero confidence they will hit that goal, given the many times they promised this on the release waves in the past.