How to make a Power Apps Custom Connector for Power BI
A guide to making your Power BI custom connector for Power Apps and Power Automate
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Power BI REST APIs provide a flexible alternative to govern and automate some of the tasks a user or administrator performs. One of the best low-code automation options is Power Apps and Power Automate. Power Apps has a handful of pre-built Power BI connectors that barely scratches the functionality Power BI REST API offers.
This article will build a custom connector to take advantage of the complete set of the Power BI REST APIs in Power Apps and Power Automate.
Caution: Microsoft Azure, Power Apps, and Power BI are paid services, and following this article can cause financial liability to you or your organization.
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Custom connectors in Power Apps and Power Automate address the scenarios where we want to communicate to a resource or service (read APIs) that doesn't have a pre-built out-of-the-box connector available. Creating a custom connector involves building and securing the API, describing the API…
