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pontushaglund
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5 years ago

401 error trying to fetch Power BI Activity Log

I'm trying to use the Power BI REST API to fetch Power BI Usage Reports using a service principal. When using PowerShell I can fetch the reports using a user/password that has MFA turned on. My custo...
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lbendlin
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5 years ago

I assume your organization's IT team do not want to give these admin rights to a service principal login?

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    pontushaglund
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    5 years ago

    Is it even possible? I've added the service principal in the Power BI Admin portal. Still 401. Am I missing something?

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    pontushaglund
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    5 years ago

    I now tried adding the service principal to the role Power BI Admin in the Azure portal. This did not help, still getting 401 error.

     

    This user is also part of a security group:

    I've also allowed access for this security group in the Power BI portal: