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roen83
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Powerbi Embed - user owns data - react application - with msal access token not working

Hello,

I have setup a react app with msal authentication, and would like to embed a PowerBI report in it using the same msal token.

As specified in the title, it is a "user owns data" scenario, my users will have PowerBI Pro access, and I have a tenant for my organization.

I have set up :

- index.js with the MsalProvider

- App.js:

function App() { 
const { instance, accounts } = useMsal(); 
const [accessToken, setAccessToken] = useState(null); 
function RequestProfileData() { 
  const request = { ...loginRequest, account: accounts[0], }; 
  // Silently acquires an access token 
  instance 
    .acquireTokenSilent(request) 
    .then((response) => { setAccessToken(response.accessToken); }) 
    .catch((e) => { 
      instance.acquireTokenPopup(request).then((response) => { 
        setAccessToken(response.accessToken); 
      }); 
    }); 
  } 
  useEffect(()=>{ 
    RequestProfileData() 
  },[]) 
  return ( 
    <PageLayout> 
      <AuthenticatedTemplate> 
        <PowerbiReport accessToken={accessToken}/> 
      </AuthenticatedTemplate> 
    </PageLayout> 
  ); }

 

-PowerbiReport.js:

 

export default function PowerBIReport(props) {
  let reportId = "<my report id>";
  let embedUrl = "https://app.powerbi.com/reportEmbed?reportId=<my report id>&groupId=<the workspace id>&w=2&config=<config code from app.powerbi>"

  return (
    <>
      <AuthenticatedTemplate>
        <PowerBIEmbed
          embedConfig={{
            type: "report",
            id: reportId,
            embedUrl,
            accessToken: props.accessToken,
            tokenType: models.TokenType.Aad,
            settings: {
              panes: {
                filters: {
                  expanded: false,
                  visible: false,
                },
              },
            },
          }}
          eventHandlers={
            new Map([
              [
                "loaded",
                function () {
                  console.log("Report loaded");
                },
              ],
              [
                "rendered",
                function () {
                  console.log("Report rendered");
                },
              ],
              [
                "error",
                function (event) {
                  console.log(event.detail);
                },
              ],
            ])
          }
          cssClassName={"report-style-class"}
          getEmbeddedComponent={(embeddedReport) => {
            window.report = embeddedReport;
          }}
        />
      </AuthenticatedTemplate>
    </>
  );
}

 

- the authConfig.js used by the msal library and App.js for "loginRequest":

 

export const msalConfig = {
    auth: {
      clientId: "<the app client id>",
      authority: "https://login.microsoftonline.com/<my tenant id>",
      redirectUri: "http://localhost:3000/",
    },
    cache: {
      cacheLocation: "localStorage", // This configures where your cache will be stored
      storeAuthStateInCookie: false, // Set this to "true" if you are having issues on IE11 or Edge
    }
  };
  
  // Add scopes here for ID token to be used at Microsoft identity platform endpoints.
  export const loginRequest = {
   scopes: ["User.Read","https://analysis.windows.net/powerbi/api/Report.Read.All","https://analysis.windows.net/powerbi/api/Dataset.Read.All"]
  };

 

As you can see I use powerbi-client and powerbi-client-react, and it actually works when I manually copy a right accessToken that I got from the powerBi service (as done in this video: https://youtu.be/A5KFY5Jh1Uc?t=464), but not when I use the props.accessToken from my App.js.

 

Anyone ready to help, please?

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Anonymous
Not applicable

HI @roen83,

If the issue only appears when you use MSAL method to get tokens, it means current this mode may not be compatible with get token functions.

>>And when I console.log the response from instance.acquireTokenSilent(), I only see these scopes:

Please check the permission and scope settings first to confirm you have enough permission to process the operation steps:

Understand the permission tokens needed for embedding a Power BI application - Power BI | Microsoft ...

Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng

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roen83
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And when I console.log the response from instance.acquireTokenSilent(), I only see these scopes:

roen83_0-1664270547650.png

 

Anonymous
Not applicable

HI @roen83,

If the issue only appears when you use MSAL method to get tokens, it means current this mode may not be compatible with get token functions.

>>And when I console.log the response from instance.acquireTokenSilent(), I only see these scopes:

Please check the permission and scope settings first to confirm you have enough permission to process the operation steps:

Understand the permission tokens needed for embedding a Power BI application - Power BI | Microsoft ...

Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng

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