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Connecting to Power BI

The consents and permissions required to connect, access and migrate the Power BI application and data in the source and target tenants, requires a two-part manual setup process. See Consents and permissions for more information about manual setup steps.

This topic describes the steps to run a task to verify whether or not the Quest On Demand - Migration - Power BI enterprise application service principal is granted the necessary permissions to work with the Power BI application in the source and target tenants.

Starting the Test Power BI Connection Task

  1. Log in to Quest On Demand and choose an organization if you have multiple organizations.
  2. From the navigation pane, click Migration to open the My Projects list.
  3. Create a new project or open an existing project.
  4. Click the Power BI tile, or click Open from the Power BI tile to open the Power BI migration workspace.
  5. Open the Dashboard tab. Then click Connect to Power BI to start the Connect to Power BI Task wizard.
  6. Step 1: Prerequisite Setup

    This is an information step that tells you to verify that you have manually completed the setup steps described in the Consents and permissions topic. If you have not competed the manual setup steps, you must do it now.

  7. Step 2: Schedule
    1. Choose from one of three options to schedule the task. The scheduler will be activated only after you complete the task wizard.
      • Run now - task runs immediately.
      • Run later - task must be started manually.
      • Schedule - task will be started at a future date and time entered in the corresponding calendar field.
    2. Click Next.
  8. Step 3: Summary
    1. Verify the task specifications as described below:
      1. Name - name of the task. You can specify a custom name. Default name is Test Power BI Connection.
      2. Scheduled start - date and time when the task will start. Now indicates that the task will start immediately.
    2. Click Back to revise or review a previous step or click Finish to complete the task wizard and start the task as scheduled.

You can track its progress in the Tasks tab, view the summary on the Dashboard or monitor alerts and notifications in the Events tab.

Reviewing the Test Power BI Connection Task

  1. Open the Tasks tab.
  2. Select the Power BI task that you want to review.
  3. In the task details pane that opens, the information presented is as described below:
    1. Task Status - Status of the task.
    2. Type - Type of the task. The type is TestPowerBIConnection.
    3. Created - Date and time when the task was created.
    4. Modified - Date and time when the task was last updated.
    5. Last Operation - The action that was most recently performed in this task.
    6. Schedule - Date and time when the task started. Now indicates that the task started immediately after the task was created.
    7. Events (number) - Number indicates the count of events that the task encountered. The values indicate the type of the events and the event count for each type.

Reviewing the Test Power BI Connection Task Events

  1. Open the Tasks tab.
  2. Select the Test Power BI Connection task for which you want to review the events.
  3. In the task details pane that opens, click Events (number). The Events tab opens with a filtered list of events for the selected task.
  4. Select an event that you want to review. In the task details pane that opens, the information presented is as described below:
    1. Object - name of the Power BI object if applicable.
    2. Task - name of the task.
    3. Time - date and time when the event occurred.

Discovering Power BI Content

This topic describes the various ways you can discover Power BI content.

In this topic:

Prerequisites

  • The Test Power BI Connection task must be run before Discover All Contents can be processed.
  • The Test Power BI Connection task must successfully connect to the source tenant to process Discover All Contents.
  • The Test Power BI Connection task must successfully connect to both the source and target tenant to process migrations.

Considerations

We strongly recommend that you run only one discovery task at a time to avoid scheduling delays.

Discovering all contents

This is a unified approach which uses the Discover All Contents task to inspect the source tenant and discover all Power BI instances of Workspaces, Gateways and Connections.

NOTE: Discovering all contents is recommended as the first of all discovery tasks. This task will collect data for Workspaces, Gateways and Connections. This information will be indicated in the pre-migration report. To complete the pre-migration report, you must also run the Collect Statistics task.

Workspaces, Gateways and Connections can also be discovered separately using dedicated discovery tasks that are usually recommended for the discovery of newer Power BI objects, such as a refresh from the source tenant.

  1. Log in to Quest On Demand and choose an organization if you have set up multiple organizations.
  2. From the navigation pane, click Migration to open the My Projects list.
  3. Create a new project or open an existing project.
  4. From the Power BI tile on the project dashboard click Open. Then select the Dashboard tab.
  5. Click Discover All Contents in the Dashboard menu. The New Discover All Contents Task wizard starts.
  6. Step 1: Discovery Options
    1. Refresh user permissions - select this option to ensures that user permissions are up to date. Refreshing user permissions can be run once per hour. This option is helpful if you have added new user accounts to Power BI and the accounts have been discovered and matched with the On Demand Migration service.
    2. Click Next.
  7. Step 2: Schedule
    1. Choose from one of three options to schedule the task. The scheduler will be activated after you complete the task wizard.
      • Run now - task runs immediately.
      • Run later - task must be started manually.
      • Schedule - task will be started at a future date and time entered in the corresponding calendar field.
    2. Click Next.
  8. Step 3: Summary
    1. Verify the task specifications as described below:
      1. Name - name of the task. The default name is Discover All Contents. You can specify a custom name.
      2. Refresh user permissions - indicates whether or not the Refresh User Permissions option has been selected.
      3. Scheduled start - date and time when the task will start. Now indicates that the task will start immediately.
    2. Click Back to revise or review a previous step or click Finish to complete the task wizard and start the task as scheduled.
  9. When the task completes, the Workspaces, Gateways and Connections lists are updated.

Discovering Workspaces

This section describes the steps to discover Power BI Workspaces.

  1. Log in to Quest On Demand and choose an organization if you have set up multiple organizations.
  2. From the navigation pane, click Migration to open the My Projects list.
  3. Create a new project or open an existing project.
  4. From the Power BI tile on the project dashboard click Open. Then select the Workspaces tab.
  5. Click Discover in the List View menu. The New Discover Workspaces Task wizard starts.
  6. Step 1: Discovery Options
    1. Refresh user permissions - select this option to ensures that user permissions are up to date. Refreshing user permissions can be run once per hour. This option is helpful if you have added new user accounts to Power BI and the accounts have been discovered and matched with the On Demand Migration service.
    2. Click Next.
  7. Step 2: Schedule
    1. Choose from one of three options to schedule the task. The scheduler will be activated after you complete the task wizard.
      • Run now - task runs immediately.
      • Run later - task must be started manually.
      • Schedule - task will be started at a future date and time entered in the corresponding calendar field.
    2. Click Next.
  8. Step 3: Summary
    1. Verify the task specifications as described below:
      1. Name - name of the task. The default name is Discover Workspaces. You can specify a custom name.
      2. Refresh user permissions - indicates whether or not the Refresh User Permissions option has been selected.
      3. Scheduled start - date and time when the task will start. Now indicates that the task will start immediately.
    2. Click Back to revise or review a previous step or click Finish to complete the task wizard and start the task as scheduled.
  9. When the task completes, the Workspaces list is updated.

Discovering Gateways

This section describes the steps to discover Power BI Gateways.

  1. Log in to Quest On Demand and choose an organization if you have set up multiple organizations.
  2. From the navigation pane, click Migration to open the My Projects list.
  3. Create a new project or open an existing project.
  4. From the Power BI tile on the project dashboard click Open. Then select the Gateways tab.
  5. Click Discover in the List View menu. The New Discover Gateways Task wizard starts.
  6. Step 1: Discovery Options
    1. Refresh user permissions - select this option to ensures that user permissions are up to date. Refreshing user permissions can be run once per hour. This option is helpful if you have added new user accounts to Power BI and the accounts have been discovered and matched with the On Demand Migration service.
    2. Click Next.
  7. Step 2: Schedule
    1. Choose from one of three options to schedule the task. The scheduler will be activated after you complete the task wizard.
      • Run now - task runs immediately.
      • Run later - task must be started manually.
      • Schedule - task will be started at a future date and time entered in the corresponding calendar field.
    2. Click Next.
  8. Step 3: Summary
    1. Verify the task specifications as described below:
      1. Name - name of the task. The default name is Discover Gateways. You can specify a custom name.
      2. Refresh user permissions - indicates whether or not the Refresh User Permissions option has been selected.
      3. Scheduled start - date and time when the task will start. Now indicates that the task will start immediately.
    2. Click Back to revise or review a previous step or click Finish to complete the task wizard and start the task as scheduled.
  9. When the task completes, the Gateways list is updated.

Discovering Connections

This section describes the steps to discover Power BI Connections.

To start the Discover Connections Task:

  1. Log in to Quest On Demand and choose an organization if you have set up multiple organizations.
  2. From the navigation pane, click Migration to open the My Projects list.
  3. Create a new project or open an existing project.
  4. From the Power BI tile on the project dashboard click Open. Then select the Connections tab.
  5. Click Discover in the List View menu. The New Discover Connections Task wizard starts.
  6. Step 1: Discovery Options
    1. Refresh user permissions - select this option to ensures that user permissions are up to date. Refreshing user permissions can be run once per hour. This option is helpful if you have added new user accounts to Power BI and the accounts have been discovered and matched with the On Demand Migration service.
    2. Click Next.
  7. Step 2: Schedule
    1. Choose from one of three options to schedule the task. The scheduler will be activated after you complete the task wizard.
      • Run now - task runs immediately.
      • Run later - task must be started manually.
      • Schedule - task will be started at a future date and time entered in the corresponding calendar field.
    2. Click Next.
  8. Step 3: Summary
    1. Verify the task specifications as described below:
      1. Name - name of the task. The default name is Discover Connections. You can specify a custom name.
      2. Refresh user permissions - indicates whether or not the Refresh User Permissions option has been selected.
      3. Scheduled start - date and time when the task will start. Now indicates that the task will start immediately.
    2. Click Back to revise or review a previous step or click Finish to complete the task wizard and start the task as scheduled.
  9. When the task completes, the Connections list is updated.

Reviewing Tasks

  1. Open the Tasks tab.
  2. Select the discovery task that you want to review.
  3. In the task details pane that opens, review the information presented
  4. From the task details pane, click Download Premigration Report. Download and save the ZIP file to a suitable folder, and extract the report.

Reviewing events for a Task

  1. Open the Tasks tab.
  2. Select the task that you want to review.
  3. In the task details pane that opens, click Events (number). The Events tab opens with a filtered list of events for the selected task.
  4. Select an event that you want to review. In the task details pane that opens, the information presented is as described below:
    1. Object - name of the Power BI object if applicable.
    2. Task - name of the task.
    3. Time - date and time when the event occurred.

Collecting Statistics

The Collect Statistics Task for Power BI conducts an assessment of all Power BI content types in the source tenant. It provides summarized and detailed premigration information about workspace types, gateways, semantic models, connections, reports and users.

In this topic:

Prerequisite

The Discover All Contents task must be run once before collecting statistics.

Starting a Collect Statistics Task

  1. Log in to Quest On Demand and choose an organization if you have multiple organizations.
  2. From the navigation pane, click Migration to open the My Projects list.
  3. Create a new project or open an existing project.
  4. Click the Power BI tile, or click Open from the Power BI tile to open the Power BI workspace.
  5. Select the Dashboard tab. Click Collect Statistics from the Actions menu. The New Collect Statistics Task wizard opens.
  6. Step 1:Schedule
    1. Choose from one of three options to schedule the task. The scheduler will be activated only after you complete the task wizard.
      • Run now - task runs immediately.
      • Run later - task must be started manually.
      • Schedule - task will be started at a future date and time entered in the corresponding calendar field.
    2. Click Next.
  7. Step 2: Summary
    1. Verify the task specifications as described below:
      1. Name - name of the task. You can specify a custom name. Default name is Collect Statistics Task.
      2. Scheduled start - date and time when the task will start. Now indicates that the task will start immediately.
    2. Click Back to revise or review a previous step or click Finish to complete the task wizard and start the task as scheduled.

Reviewing the Collect Statistics Task

  1. Open the Tasks tab.
  2. Select the Collect Statistics task that you want to review.
  3. In the task details pane that opens, the information presented is as described below:
    1. Task Status - Indicates whether the task is completed.
    2. Type - Type of the task. The type is CollectStatistics.
    3. Created - Date and time when the task was created.
    4. Modified - Date and time when the task was last updated.
    5. Status - State of the task.
    6. Last Operation - The action that was most recently performed in this task.
    7. Schedule - Date and time when the task started. Now indicates that the task started immediately after the task was created.
    8. Events (number) - The number of events that the task encountered.
    9. From the task details pane, click Download Premigration Report. Download and save the ZIP file to a suitable folder, and extract the report.

Reviewing the events for the Collect Statistics Task

  1. Open the Tasks tab.
  2. Select the Collect Statistics task that you want to review.
  3. In the task details pane that opens, click Events (number). The Events tab opens with a filtered list of events for the selected task.
  4. Select an event that you want to review. In the task details pane that opens, the information presented is as described below:
    1. Object - name of the Power BI object if applicable.
    2. Task - name of the task.
    3. Time - date and time when the event occurred.

Managing Power BI objects with Collections

Migrating large numbers of Power BI objects requires careful planing. Organize the Power BI objects into collections to make large lists more manageable. Collections can be created for Workspaces, Gateways, Connections and Connection Profiles. The process described below is common to all Power BI objects.

Working with the Collections Dashboard

The Collections Dashboard shows the collection-specific summary, allows you to see Power BI objects added to it, create tasks for them, and monitor the progress of tasks.

  • To add Power BI objects to a collection see Adding Power BI objects to Collections.
  • To view the collection dashboard for an existing collection
    1. From the project dashboard, click Open in the Power BI tile to open the Power BI migration workspace.
    2. From the top-right corner of the workspace, click Select Collection and then select the collection to view. The collection Dashboard is displayed.
    3. Open the Power BI tab. You will see the list of Power BI objects that belong to the collection.
  • To see the tasks related to a collection, select the collection. Then open the Tasks tab from the collections dashboard.
  • To see the events related to a collection, select the collection. Then open the Events tab from the collections dashboard.
  • To remove Power BI objects from a collection, see Removing Power BI objects from Collections.
  • To rename a collection, select the collection. Then click Rename Collection in the Actions toolbar of the collections dashboard.
  • To delete a collection, select the collection. Then click More > Delete Collection in the Actions toolbar of the collections dashboard.
  • To return to the BI migration workspace, click the collection dropdown at the top-right corner of the page, and select Show All.

Adding Power BI objects to Collections

You can add Power BI objects to collections in several ways:

To add selected Power BI objects to a new collection:

  1. From the project dashboard, click Open in the Power BI tile to open the Power BI migration workspace.
  2. Click a Power BI object tab and select the Power BI objects you want to add to the collection.
  3. From the Actions toolbar, click New Collection. The New Collection dialog opens.
  4. Enter a collection name in the Collection name field and click Save to add the selected Power BI objects to the collection.

To add selected Power BI objects to an existing collection:

  1. From the project dashboard, click Open in the Power BI tile to open the Power BI migration workspace.
  2. Click a Power BI object tab and select the Power BI objects you want to add to an existing collection.
  3. From the actions toolbar, click Add To Collection. The Add to existing collection dialog opens.
  4. Select a collection from the Collection name dropdown and click Save to add the selected Power BI objects to the collection.

To add Power BI objects from a CSV file to a new or existing collection:

This is a two-step process as described below to add Power BI objects to an existing collection from a Power BI object tab:

Step 1: Prepare the CSV file

NOTE: CSV file names with non-ASCII characters are not supported. Power BI objects in the CSV that have not been discovered cannot be added to a collection.

Use the format shown below to prepare the CSV file. The minimal set of columns are described below.

  • ObjectName - specify the name of the Power BI object. If you provide this value, specifying the ObjectId is optional.

    NOTE: If there are rows with the same ObjectName, only the last row will be added to the collection.

  • ObjectId - provide the GUID (Globally Unique Identifier) of the Power BI object. If you include this value, then ObjectName is optional.

    NOTE: Use the Premigration report to get the Object Ids.

    Alternatively, the Object Id GUID can be obtained from the Power BI service application https://app.powerbi.com, or by using the Power BI REST API https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/power-bi. Try Get Groups for Workspaces, Get Gateways for Gateways and Get Datasources for Connections. For workspace ObjectId open the workspace and copy the GUID from the URL.

  • ObjectType - enter the type of the Power BI object. The options are Workspace, Gateway, Connection, or Userprofiles. This field is required.
  • CollectionName - provide the name of the collection. This field is required. If a collection name specified in the CSV file does not exist, a new collection will be created with the specified name .

Step 2: Import the CSV file

  1. Click the Power BI tile, or click Open from the Power BI tile to open the Power BI workspace.
  2. Open a Power Bi object tab.
  3. From the actions toolbar, click More > Import Collections. The New Import Collections From File Task dialog opens.

  4. Step 1: Mapping File
    1. Click Browse and select the CSV file. The selected CSV file name appears.
  5. Step 2: Schedule
    1. Choose from one of three options to schedule the task. The scheduler will be activated after you complete the task wizard.
      • Run now - task runs immediately.
      • Run later - task must be started manually.
      • Schedule - task will be started at a future date and time entered in the corresponding calendar field.
    2. Click Next.
  6. Step 3: Summary
    1. Verify the task specifications as described below:
      1. Name - name of the task. The default name is Import Collections From File. You can specify a custom name.
      2. Scheduled start - date and time when the task will start. Now indicates that the task will start immediately.
    2. Click Back to revise or review a previous step or click Finish to complete the task wizard and start the task as scheduled.
    3. Click Finish.

Removing Power BI objects from Collections

  1. From the project dashboard, click Open in the Power BI tile to open the Power BI migration workspace.
  2. From the top-right corner of the migration workspace, click Select Collection. Then select a collection to open the collections dashboard.
  3. Select an object tab. Then from the list view, select the objects that you want to remove from the collection.
  4. From the actions toolbar, click Remove from Collection.
  5. In the confirmation dialog click Remove to remove the selected Power BI objects from the collection.
  6. To return to the BI migration workspace, click the collection dropdown at the top-right corner of the page, and select Show All.
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