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I am trying to access the rest API to refresh a dataset, and I am running into authorization problems. I need to use an app registration from azure. I create an Authorization context with my client Id and secret, which works with other azure services, but whatever I do I just get unauthorized. Here are the details:
I have assigned permissions in Azure AD to allow Power BI Service (Power BI), including 'Read and Write all Datasets' and 'View all Datasets'. When I try to access this rest endpoint, https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/datasets, I just get unauthorized. Am I missing a step here? I think I need to use this call first so that I can get the guid of the dataset to refresh.
Was there a resultion for this issue. I am having the exact same problem. All documented access has been given and still get unauthorized
You need to give the App the corresponding permission to access Power BI resources:
Follow the steps below:
Register an Azure AD app to embed Power BI content
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/developer/register-app
Follow the Through Azure Portal part.
Regards,
Michael
I went through those steps a couple of different times, and it hasn't worked. I have tried creating a user using the pbi developer access page and using the azure ad portal directly. I still only get an 'Unauthorized' response.
One part I can't follow is granting the AD permission "Access the directory as the signed in user". My org prohibits this but it doesn't seem necessary anyway since I am not doing impersonation. Also, in my case I am using a web API instead of a native application type. Is this required for accessing the dataset refresh API?
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