We use an app to programmatically deploy our reports into your tenant.
| Please note, without this step being completed, reports will not be deployed into your Power BI tenant as we utilize a tool to Programmatically deploy the reports. |
Steps to complete (Quick guide)
Register our Application in Azure
Name: Cognition360 PowerBI Update Application
Account type: Accounts in any organizational directory (Any Microsoft Entra ID tenant - Multitenant)
Redirect URI: Select Public client/native (mobile)
URL’s to add:
https://app.powerbi.com/Apps/SignInRedirect
https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/nativeclient
http://localhost
Add API Permissions:
Workspace.ReadWrite.All
Dataset.ReadWrite.All
Report.ReadWrite.All
Content.Create
Gateway.ReadWrite.All
App.Read.All
Grant admin consent for our application in your organisation
Register and send us the APP ID.
Application Registration in Entra (Azure) - Step by step buide
Sign in to the Azure portal
Please note: We do make an attempt to keep up with the latest UI changes, however, if your screen looks different from what you see in this article, you may need to switch to view the "old" experience
Navigate to the Azure Portal (https://portal.azure.com/) and log in with your organizational account.
Access App registrations from your recent list or…
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Click on “More services” and search for and select "App registrations."
Register a new application
Click on "New registration"
A - In the Name field, please use: Cognition360 PowerBI Update Application
B - Select Option 2 - ‘Accounts in any organizational directory (Any Microsoft Entra ID tenant - Multitenant)’
C - Redirect URI (Optional) - Select Public client/native (mobile)
D - Click “Register” to create the application
Add / Update Platform configurations
After registration, navigate to the "Authentication" section of your application.
Click on the ' + Add a platform' button.
Now select 'Mobile and desktop applications'
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On the Pop-Up, add the Redirect URI’s
If no pop-up appears, continue with the next step.
Once you have clicked 'Configure' above, additional URI’s can be added.
Use the following list for URI's to be added.
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Please add the following URI redirect URL’s https://app.powerbi.com/Apps/SignInRedirect |
Configure API permissions
After registration, navigate to the "API permissions" section of your application. (1 below)
Add the necessary Power BI API permissions required for your embedding scenario.
In the Pop-up, please select ‘Delegated Permissions’
Set the API Permissions
These are captured in table format below for ease of reference. The "Admin consent required" column shows the default value for an organization. However, user consent can be customized per permission, user, or app. This column may not reflect the value in your organization, or in organizations where this app will be used. Learn more |
The table below shows the permissions that our app requires.
| *Required | What it does |
| Workspace.ReadWrite.All | List and create workspaces, list workspace users, import reports |
| Dataset.ReadWrite.All | Update parameters and data sources, start refreshes, set schedules, **read refresh history** |
| Report.ReadWrite.All | Import, list reports and pages, rebind |
| Content.Create | Import `.pbix` files |
| Gateway.ReadWrite.All | Set dataset credentials (the app updates the gateway data source) |
| App.Read.All | "Log Customer Details" → customer apps |
API Permissions - Admin Consent - Please make sure that Admin consent required is set to No. If not done, then this delays report deployment as we would need to send a new request to the admin to approve when we are ready to deploy the reports.
When prompted to do so, click on the "Grant admin consent" option.
For more information - REST Operation Groups
Finally, copy the APP ID from the App Details page and send this to us (provisioning@cognition360.com)
By following these steps, you can continue to embed Power BI reports into your applications programmatically, aligning with the updated process after the deprecation of the previous setup tool.
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