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PowerBi Audit Log
- 8 years agoHi there
This is what I currently use and it works really well.
http://angryanalyticsblog.azurewebsites.net/index.php/2018/02/16/power-bi-audit-log-analytics-solution/
I have a SQL job that runs this PowerShell daily. I'm no PowerShell expert, I basically put together some stuff from Adam Saxton (https://guyinacube.com/about/) and MS. I'm sure it could be cleaned up. I then bring the files into Power BI...
#Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Scope CurrentUser -Force # Option 1 - This can be used to be prompted for credentials #$UserCredential = Get-Credential #Connect-MsolService -credential $UserCredential # Option 2 - If you really want to automate the script, you will # want to hard code the credentials to log into Azure AD. $User = "[email protected]" $PWord = ConvertTo-SecureString -String "SuperSecretPassword" -AsPlainText -Force $UserCredential = New-Object -TypeName "System.Management.Automation.PSCredential" -ArgumentList $User, $PWord Connect-MsolService -credential $UserCredential # Create the session to Exchange Online $Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://outlook.office365.com/powershell-liveid/ -Credential $UserCredential -Authentication Basic -AllowRedirection # Import the Exchange Online commands Import-PSSession $Session # Controls number of days to retrieve from audit log; customize as required $Number_Days = 1 # Date control variables $End_Date = (Get-Date).ToString("yyyy-MM-dd") $Start_Date = (Get-Date).AddDays(-$Number_Days).ToString("yyyy-MM-dd") $File_Date = (Get-Date).ToString('yyyy-MM-dd_hh_mm_ss') # Output folder and file; customize as required $Output_Folder = "d:\DataImports\PowerBIAuditLogs" $Csv_File = "$Output_Folder\Audit_Log-$File_Date.csv" # Check for output folder; create if required #IF (!(Test-Path $Output_Folder -PathType Container)) { #New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $Output_Folder #} # Get Audit Log data for PowerBI activities $Result = Search-UnifiedAuditLog -StartDate $Start_Date -EndDate $End_Date -RecordType PowerBI -ResultSize 5000 | Export-Csv $Csv_File # Site and document library name; customize as required; no sub-folders #$SPO_Site = "Your SharePoint Online site URL here" #$SPO_Folder = "Your Document Library name here" # Connect to SharePoint / OneDrive for Business #Connect-PNPOnline -url $SPO_Site -credential $User_Credential # Upload csv file #Add-PnPFile -Path $Csv_File -Folder $SPO_Folder Exit
I would like to access the Audit Log details related to Power BI services such as dataset details, count of datasets, number of users, active user details etc, using Power Shell scripts. While i explored i found the possible way to achieve this functionality is through Exchange Online. But i dont have privileges to execute Exchange Online cmdlets. Can you please help me, is there any alternate way to achieve this one.
- Anonymous7 years agoNot applicable
By default, Audit Logs require Tenant Admin privileges.
But there is a work around we use.
In the Exchange Admin Center, you can create an admin role called "View-Only Audit Logs" or something similar.
For the Roles, assign the "View-Only" Audit Logs role.
Then add the role to the user who should get access. By doing this, a non-Tenant Admin can access the Audit Logs.
Of course there are various security concerns to keep in mind, but it is a techinical solution to get around the limitation of needing Tenant Admin permissions to see the Audit Logs.
- GilbertQ7 years agoSuper UserThe data is in the dataset. You just need to add in some additional logic
- Anonymous7 years agoNot applicable
Thank you for your quick reply. Would you possibly be able to point me to a reference document that lets me know what is available inside the dataset? Or if you know, is there some powershell command I can use to iterate through all of it so that I can then go back and select the items I am interested in?