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john_dawson
Helper I
8 years ago

Data Connector Authentication

We are currently taking a number of existing Power BI reports and converting to use the Data Connector   Currently, we have worked through a number of examples and implemented non-authenticated con...
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v-micsh-msft
Microsoft Employee
8 years ago

Have you checked the following sample?

 MyGraph and Github samples

 

Regards,

Michael

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    john_dawson
    Helper I
    8 years ago

    Thanks Michael, but those examples uses OAuth, which is a rather more complicated; we want to start with simple Username / Password; are you aware of any examples that start there?

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      john_dawson
      Helper I
      8 years ago

      Follow up, in case this helps others: got the OAUTH Data Connector (DC) per the GitHub link above to work OK, with only a little "fiddling"; the core part is the Authentication element, where the functions that actually implement OAUTH are defined (StartLogin etc.)

       

      DataConnectorName = [
          TestConnection = (dataSourcePath) => { "DataConnectorName.Feed" },
          Authentication = [
              OAuth = [
                  StartLogin=StartLogin,
                  FinishLogin=FinishLogin,
                  Refresh=Refresh,
                  Logout=Logout
              ]
          ],
          Label = "My Graph Connector"
      ];

       

      We also have another DC which uses anonymous authentication, which is pretty simple, in that respect, per below

       

      // Data Source Kind description
      DataConnectorName= [
          TestConnection = (dataSourcePath) => {"DataConnectorName.Feed"},
          Authentication = [Implicit = []],
          Label = "DataConnectorName"
      ];