Apps Owns Data Sample: groupId

[lferdinand]

I'm stepping through the "App Owns Data" sample and have hit a wall...

Power BI - Embed Sample

GroupId is empty. Please select a group you own and fill its Id in web.config

A recent change in Power BI eliminated the GroupId in favor of App Workspaces. 

How can I adjust the sample to account for this and not require groupId in webconfig

[mrclan]

I was stuck at the same point, and only later figured this out.

The default workspace called "My Workspace" does not have a guid. But if you create a new "workspace", and click on it, the url clearly contains the group guId as also highlighted below.

https://app.powerbi.com/groups/7c99fe0e-cea8d-4f15-bc8c-82af1c86c4a6/groupwelcome

Just in case if anyone finds this useful.

[Eric_Zhang]

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@lferdinand

As per the online documentation, for the "App Owns Data" sample, a workspace is mandatory, though it was not limited.

When you are ready to move to production, your app workspace must be assigned to a capacity. Power BI Embedded, within Microsoft Azure, offers capacity to use with your applications. 

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You could still try to comment out the below code snippet in Homecontroller.cs and change other part code in the sample, however it is not recommended.

            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(GroupId))
            {
                return "GroupId is empty. Please select a group you own and fill its Id in web.config";
            }
    

            // Group Id must be a Guid object.
            if (!Guid.TryParse(GroupId, out result))
            {
                return "GroupId must be a Guid object. Please select a group you own and fill its Id in web.config";
            }

[lferdinand · Accepted solution]

Actually, it is possible to get a groupid from PowerBI.Apiary - so I used that.

They still exist but appear to be hidden now behind the app workspace...