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Re: How to deactivate Power BI Pro Free 60 Day Trial

DaniyalKhaleel1 — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:20:33 GMT

If this was a Power BI Pro/PPU trial started by the user, it may not appear under Microsoft 365 Admin Center → Active users/Licenses.

Microsoft's current guidance is:

Open Power BI Service.

Click your profile/account manager in the top-right.

Look for Cancel trial.

If Cancel trial is not available, and the trial was started/managed by the organization, a Billing Administrator may need to cancel it. Microsoft also notes that an administrator may need to raise a Microsoft Support ticket for some Power BI license trials.

So in your case, don't focus on Active Users,first check the Power BI profile menu for Cancel trial

Re: How to deactivate Power BI Pro Free 60 Day Trial

RichTheSnitch38 — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:12:44 GMT

Thank you this fixed it

Re: Dax - Execute Queries/RLS

marcio_fornari — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:06:04 GMT

it's work with CUSTOMDATA()

Re: Power BI Embedded registers blocked unload handler in Microsoft Edge

LumericVisuals — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 10:46:35 GMT

This is almost certainly Chromium's ongoing unload event deprecation surfacing in a script you don't control, rather than anything wrong in your embedding code. The warning names the Power BI hosted reportembed script specifically, and Edge/Chrome have been tightening enforcement around unload listeners for a while now as part of the back/forward-cache work — sites still get flagged even when the listener is legitimate.

In practice this is usually just console noise rather than a functional break — the report itself still renders and works, per what you're already seeing. Worth double-checking that nothing real regressed (state not saving on close, telemetry gaps) before spending more time on it, since a console warning alone doesn't tell you whether anything actually stopped working.

Since the listener lives in Microsoft's own script rather than your application code, there's no fix you can apply from the embedding side — you'd only be able to suppress the console noise, not the underlying registration. If it's bothering you beyond cosmetics, the powerbi-client-sdk-typings / JavaScript SDK GitHub repo is the right place to check for an existing issue or file a new one; I don't have visibility into whether Microsoft has already shipped a pagehide/visibilitychange replacement in a recent SDK version, so that's worth confirming directly rather than taking on faith.

Re: Any news when Power BI MCP server will be GA?

v-abhinavmu — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 10:44:38 GMT

Hi Johag,
Thank you for clarifying.

According to the current Microsoft documentation, the remote Power BI MCP server is still in preview. The documentation does not currently specify a timeline or target date for general availability (GA).

For the latest information on the feature's availability and updates, we recommend following the official Microsoft Learn documentation:

Get started with the remote Power BI MCP server - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

I hope this clarifies.

Re: Dax - Execute Queries/RLS

v-sathmakuri — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 09:47:04 GMT

Hi marcio_fornari ,

Could you check the suggestion provided above and let us know if you have any additional queries?

Thanks!!

Re: Submission process for Certified Connectors

v-abhinavmu — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 09:09:58 GMT

Hi BreannaNery,
Thank you for the clarification.

Based on the current Microsoft documentation, the Partner Center process described for updating certified connectors applies to Microsoft Copilot Studio, Power Automate, Power Apps, and Azure Logic Apps. The documentation does not indicate that the Power BI certified connector update process has moved from the email-based process to Partner Center.

For Power BI, Microsoft documents that it certifies and distributes a limited set of custom connectors as certified connectors, while the third-party developer maintains and supports the connector.

Since Autodesk Forma is an existing Power BI certified connector and you submitted the update through the process previously provided by your Microsoft contacts, I recommend checking with your usual Microsoft contact regarding the status of the July 2026 submission and whether there are any updated instructions for Power BI certified connector updates.

For more details, please refer to the below Official Microsoft Documentation:
Connector Extensibility in Power BI - Power BI | Microsoft Learn
Update your certified connector | Microsoft Learn

I hope this clarifies the distinction between the Power BI certified connector documentation and the Partner Center process described for the other connector platforms.

Thank you.

How to Configure Scheduled Refresh in Power BI for Data Connected via Zoho People API?

Agni2171 — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 07:24:51 GMT

Hi Community,

I have connected Zoho People API data to Power BI using Power Query (API calls), and the data refreshes successfully in Power BI Desktop. However, I am facing challenges when configuring Scheduled Refresh in the Power BI Service.

The main issue is that the Zoho People access token expires every hour. When the token expires, the API calls fail, causing scheduled refreshes to stop working.

I'm looking for advice on the following:

What is the recommended approach for implementing scheduled refresh with Zoho People API in Power BI Service?

How can the access token be refreshed automatically before it expires?

Is it possible to use a refresh token within Power Query or Power BI Service to generate a new access token during each refresh?

Does this scenario require an On-premises Data Gateway, Azure Function, Power Automate, or another middleware solution?

Are there any best practices for handling OAuth 2.0 token expiration when connecting to APIs from Power BI?

Has anyone successfully implemented automated scheduled refresh for Zoho People API data? If so, could you share your architecture or approach?

Current Setup:

Data Source: Zoho People API

Connection Method: Power Query Web/API calls

Authentication: OAuth Access Token

Token Validity: 1 Hour

I would appreciate any guidance, sample implementations, or documentation that explain how to handle token renewal for Zoho People API integrations with Power BI scheduled refresh.

Re: Fabric keeps deleting files!!

v-abhinavmu — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 06:15:19 GMT

Hi alloowishus,

I wanted to check if you had the opportunity to review the information provided. Please feel free to contact us if you have any further questions.

Thank you.

Re: Fabric keeps deleting files!!

peterdobler — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 01:31:16 GMT

A few points indicate that Git is not in play here. One of the workspaces that had been deleted was in no way linked to Git, and Git only removes items that are not found in the branch you are synchronizing with; it is impossible for it to empty a workspace that is not connected. Hence, the explanations based on branch synchronization do not apply in this situation.

The fact that in more than one newly created workspace the entire workspace, including all of its folders, is empty, and that the same thing occurs with a colleague, usually shows that the problem is due to the workspace's capacity and not to the items contained in it. The most common reason for this is that the trial capacity has expired, or that the capacity has been paused or deleted. When the capacity that supports a workspace is removed, the workspace loses its home, and its contents can therefore be deleted.

Worth checking, in order:

1. Which capacity are these workspaces on? When you check the capacity in the Workspace settings under License info, is it shown as a Trial (FT)? And in that case, is the trial currently active, and when will it expire? A trial ending is the most frequent cause of this particular symptom.

2. In the admin portal, when checking the capacity settings, it is necessary to verify that the capacity is still there, is active, and not paused; if the admin had deleted or paused it, then the workspaces associated with it will be affected.

3. The exact answer can be found in the audit log; if you filter it to show events relating to workspace and item deletions for the affected workspaces, you will see what caused it and when, either a person, a capacity change, or an automated process, and thus turn guessing into knowledge.

If it turns out to be a trial, moving these to a paid F capacity and keeping Git connected so the definitions survive will stop the bleeding. But confirm it in the audit log first.

Re: Any news when Power BI MCP server will be GA?

Johag — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 20:15:30 GMT

Hi v-abhinavmu,

Sorry for the extremely late reply.
But no, I would say its resolved. Actually, its not an issue, it was more a question. But your reply didn't really answer the question so can't say its "resolved".

My question is, is there any information when this feature will be GA?

Re: Dax - Execute Queries/RLS

LumericVisuals — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:18:49 GMT

Yes — the Execute Queries API supports this directly, and it's the standard way to get RLS-aware DAX results for embedded users who don't have a Power BI account.

The request body takes an 'identities' array alongside your 'queries' array. Each identity object carries a 'username' (any string identifying the end user — it doesn't need to be a real UPN) and a 'roles' array naming the RLS role(s) from your model to apply. That's the same effective-identity mechanism Embedded uses for embed tokens, just passed to Execute Queries instead.

So your body becomes something like { "queries": [...], "identities": [ { "username": "someuser", "roles": ["YourRLSRoleName"] } ] }. The DAX query then runs as if that user were logged in and subject to that role's filter.

One thing worth double-checking: if your RLS rule expressions read USERNAME() vs CUSTOMDATA(), make sure you're populating the matching field on the identity object — username feeds USERNAME()/USERPRINCIPALNAME(), and there's a separate 'customData' property on the identity if your rules use CUSTOMDATA() instead.

Re: exportToFile: reportLevelFilters AND a single-select slicer's default value → empty page

v-achippa — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:03:17 GMT

Hi Ceo_psh,

We wanted to kindly follow up to check if the solution I have provided for the issue worked? or let us know if you need any further assistance.

Thanks and regards,
Anjan Kumar Chippa

Re: PBIP Report page fails to render after adding custom visual via Power BI authoring API

v-saisrao-msft — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 04:34:28 GMT

Hi KumbharM,

Checking in to see if your issue has been resolved. let us know if you still need any assistance.

Thank you.

Re: Iframe continues scrolling after mouse release when interacting with Power BI visuals

v-abhinavmu — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 10:07:45 GMT

Hi sukhi-cloudy,
Thank you for providing the additional details.

Since the issue is consistently reproducible when dragging a visual's scrollbar outside the iframe boundary, and no errors are reported in the browser console, these details are helpful for further investigation.

As a next troubleshooting step, could you please check whether the same report and behavior can be reproduced outside the custom application, such as in the Power BI service or the Power BI Embedded Analytics Playground? Microsoft recommends these checks to help determine whether the issue is related to the application or the embedding APIs.

If an error is raised, you can also monitor the embedded report's error event and review the returned IError details for additional information.

For more details, please refer to the below Official Microsoft Documentation:
How to troubleshoot and debug your embedding code in Power BI embedded analytics | Microsoft Learn
Troubleshoot Power BI embedded analytics application - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

Please let us know the results of these checks.

Thank you.

Re: Dax - Execute Queries/RLS

v-sathmakuri — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 10:03:36 GMT

Hi marcio_fornari ,

Thank you for reaching out to fabric community.

For Power BI Embedded (App owns data), the recommended approach is to generate the embed token with an EffectiveIdentity, passing the user's username and the RLS role:

{ "username": "user123", "roles": ["MyRLSRole"], "datasets": ["dataset-id"] }

The embedded user doesn't need a Power BI account. Power BI will apply the RLS role when querying the semantic model.

However, you can't pass the RLS role + username to the Execute Queries API using a service principal in the same way. impersonatedUserName has separate authentication/permission requirements and isn't a replacement for Embedded EffectiveIdentity.

Using standard cloud based row-level security with embedded content in Power BI embedded analytics - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

Thanks!!

Re: Submission process for Certified Connectors

BreannaNery — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 13:57:05 GMT

Hi v-abhinavmu

For Power BI's certified connectors, we have not used the Partner Center that you shared in the links above.

We went through the certification process, but were instructed to continue sharing submissions over email

Dax - Execute Queries/RLS

marcio_fornari — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 23:33:06 GMT

It's possible execute dax query against dataset with RLS to Power BI Embedded?

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/power-bi/datasets/execute-queries

To Power BI Embedded my users not need power bi account, this example works only with power bi account.

{ "queries": [{"query": "EVALUATE VALUES(MyTable)" } ], "serializerSettings": {"includeNulls": true }, "impersonatedUserName": "someuser@mycompany.com" }

i would like send the Rule and the username together with dax query.

Power BI Embedded registers blocked unload handler in Microsoft Edge

codijk — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 11:05:37 GMT

We embed Power BI reports in an ASP.NET Core Blazor Server application. Microsoft Edge 152 logs this warning whenever an embedded report is loaded:

[Violation] Permissions policy violation: unload is not allowed in this document.

The report itself renders correctly. The warning originates in the Power BI hosted reportembed script, not in our application code. We tested the available Permissions-Policy header and iframe allow configurations. The embedded Power BI frame remains unable to use unload in every case.

Is this expected during the Chromium unload deprecation rollout? If so, is there a planned change to replace the unload listener with a supported page lifecycle event?

Environment: Microsoft Edge 152.0.4191.66, ASP.NET Core Blazor Server, Microsoft.PowerBI.JavaScript.

Re: Any news when Power BI MCP server will be GA?

v-abhinavmu — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 09:25:36 GMT

Hi Johag,

May I check if this issue has been resolved? If not, Please feel free to contact us if you have any further questions.

Thank you