Embedding a Dataverse Power Automate Flow Inside Power BI

Power Automate Flows can now be embedded inside Power BI reports, which opens many possibilities for performing functions within a Power BI report. In this post, we will look at this cool new feature. In a previous post, we showed how to embed a canvas app inside Power BI. Let’s take a look at embedding a flow. Note this functionality will reach General Availability in April 2024 and is part … Continue reading Embedding a Dataverse Power Automate Flow Inside Power BI

Embedding a Dataverse Canvas App Inside Power BI Reports

Power BI has a visualization that allows us to embed Power Apps Canvas Apps inside of Power BI reports, which can be useful if you want to liven up your Power BI reports! In this post we will create a Power BI report that displays related contact information from a selected account from the Dataverse. This follows on from a similar concept where we embedded a Canvas App inside a … Continue reading Embedding a Dataverse Canvas App Inside Power BI Reports

How to Setup Conditional Access with MFA for Regular and Guest Users in Azure AD

Let’s look at how to set up conditional multi-factor authentication (MFA) in Azure AD. This is useful if you want to restrict certain users to use MFA in certain apps in your tenant. First, log into https://portal.azure.com and select Azure AD: Select Security: And select Conditional Access: We will create a new policy: Let’s give it a name, e.g. MFA Conditional Access Policy. We can select to include none, all … Continue reading How to Setup Conditional Access with MFA for Regular and Guest Users in Azure AD

Create, Update and Share Power BI Themes through the Power BI Desktop UI

Back in July I blogged about how to create themes in Power BI. Creating your own themes involved creating a JSON file. With the latest Power BI update, we are now able to create themes using the Power BI Desktop UI, as well as export themes so you can share them easily. To enable this feature, go to Options in Power BI Desktop and under Preview features select Customize Current … Continue reading Create, Update and Share Power BI Themes through the Power BI Desktop UI

How to Refresh Multiple Power BI Datasets using Power Automate and the Power BI API

This post comes from a question following on from my Refresh a Power BI Dataset with a Button post which I shared on LinkedIn. The question was, “I wanted to refresh more than one data set in the power bi pro”. You could do this by building out multiple buttons, or you could do this by performing multiple actions within a single flow. You could also do this by calling the … Continue reading How to Refresh Multiple Power BI Datasets using Power Automate and the Power BI API

How to Authenticate and Use the Power BI API inside Power Automate

The Power BI API contains several useful pieces of functionality if you need to do interact with Power BI at a lower API level. Power Automate provides great automation features, and it’s only natural we would want to use the two together. Power Automate does have a Power BI connector, but we can get right to the Power BI API to unlock more features as well. Let’s look at how … Continue reading How to Authenticate and Use the Power BI API inside Power Automate

Refresh a Power BI Dataset with a Button Using the Power Automate Mobile App

In this post, we will look at how to refresh a Power BI dataset using the Power Automate (Flow) mobile app. We previously looked at how to refresh a Power BI Dataset using a Power Apps Canvas App. When using Power Automate, it’s even easier. First, log into Power Automate at https://flow.microsoft.com/. Create a new Instant – from blank Flow: Give the flow a name, e.g. Manually Refresh Power BI Dataset. … Continue reading Refresh a Power BI Dataset with a Button Using the Power Automate Mobile App