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pontushaglund
Helper I
5 years ago

Getting Activity Logs on the Report Page level

When using the built in Usage Metrics report it is possible to view usage down to the report page level:   When accessing the Power BI Logs using either PowerShell or the REST API I can only ...
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Anonymous
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2 years ago

Hi Martin_D 

Your solution sounds very interesting, but how do you connect to the underlying dataset?

When I connect to the XMLA Endpoint of the workspace I cannot see the dataset of the Usage Metrics. 

Thank you!

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Martin_D
Solution Sage
2 years ago

Hi Anonymous ,

It's only there after you have created the usage metrics report for any of the reports in the workspace. Then it's hidden if you try to live-connect from Power BI Desktop, but you can list and query it from the REST API and XMLA API.

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    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    2 years ago

    Thank you! I saw that the dataset was hidden right after I sent you the message. That's a very useful option!