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Refresh taking multiple licenses for custom database
Hello, I'm developing a dashboard for the company that I currently work for. I'm getting data from a licensed database that we own, and we currently own 24 licenses for that database. However, whenev...
luisrh do I have to have the power bi for developers? How can I access the API without making a seperate application?
You do have to register an 'app' with azure AD. This is mostly so you can access the API. You can create this in Azure and there is a simple guide that shows you how to do that - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/developer/walkthrough-push-data
The API's are simple and you can use a tool like fiddler or Postman to do test it out. If you are embedding in your application, you will need to get up to speed with the API. It's very easy to use, as well.
Good luck!
Luis