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Power BI Embedded get data from backend REST API

adamamram — Sat, 24 Mar 2018 06:04:23 GMT

Hi,

I want to add to my application dashboards and reports using Power BI Embedded. Fot hat I prefer to use my backend (via REST API) as the data source due to the implemetaion of tenant and security in the backend, and if I will go directly to DB I'm passing all the logic.

Is it possible?

Thanks,

Adam

Re: Power BI Embedded get data from backend REST API

v-micsh-msft — Mon, 26 Mar 2018 01:33:50 GMT

Yes, it is possible.

The general approach is:

Get Data from Web -> then parse JSON, after that shape the data to the proper data model.

There is a blog talking about this, see:

How to call REST APIs and parse JSON with Power BI

Regards,

Michael