
# Microsoft Power BI

Integrate, catalog, and govern Power BI assets in Atlan.

## Required permissions

- [Preflight checks for Microsoft Power BI](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/microsoft-power-bi/preflight-checks-for-microsoft-power-bi/llms.txt): Before running the Microsoft Power BI crawler, you can run.

## Setup options

- [How Atlan connects to Microsoft Power BI](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/microsoft-power-bi/connecting-atlan-to-microsoft-power-bi/llms.txt): Understand how Atlan connects to Microsoft Power BI, who does what across the three teams involved, and the five values you need before you start.
- [Set up Microsoft Entra ID](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/microsoft-power-bi/set-up-microsoft-entra-id-for-power-bi/llms.txt): Create the app registration, client secret, and security group in Microsoft Entra ID that Atlan uses to connect to Power BI, including the zero-API-permissions rule.
- [Configure Power BI tenant settings](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/microsoft-power-bi/configure-power-bi-tenant-settings/llms.txt): Enable the four Power BI tenant settings Atlan needs, grant the security group workspace access, and understand the Scanner API trade-off.

## Crawl and mine

- [How to crawl Microsoft Power BI in Atlan](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/microsoft-power-bi/crawl-microsoft-power-bi/llms.txt): Crawl Microsoft Power BI in Atlan to catalog reports, dashboards, datasets, and workspaces. Configure user permissions in Atlan before establishing the connection.
- [Mine Microsoft Power BI](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/microsoft-power-bi/mine-microsoft-power-bi/llms.txt)

## Reference

- [Generate Power BI columns to dataset lineage](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/microsoft-power-bi/generate-power-bi-columns-dataset-lineage/llms.txt): Learn how to generate column-to-dataset lineage for Microsoft Power BI by using the PowerBI Columns -> Dataset lineage app with report.json files stored in cloud object storage.
- [Generate Power BI columns and measures to pages lineage](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/microsoft-power-bi/generate-power-bi-columns-measures-pages-lineage/llms.txt): Learn how to generate column and measure to page lineage for Microsoft Power BI by using the PowerBI Columns/Measures -> Pages lineage app with PBIR project files stored in cloud object storage.
- [Enrich Power BI OLS datasets](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/microsoft-power-bi/enrich-power-bi-ols-datasets/llms.txt): Learn how to prepare BIM files in S3 and enable Power BI OLS dataset enrichment in the Microsoft Power BI crawler to recover tables and columns hidden by Object Level Security and restore upstream lineage to your data warehouse.
- [Two permission layers](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/microsoft-power-bi/power-bi-two-permission-layers/llms.txt): Azure and Power BI check permissions in two separate layers. Understanding the split explains almost every failed Power BI setup.
- [What does Atlan crawl from Microsoft Power BI?](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/microsoft-power-bi/what-does-atlan-crawl-from-microsoft-power-bi/llms.txt): Atlan crawls and maps the following assets and properties from Microsoft Power BI.
- [What lineage does Atlan extract from Microsoft Power BI?](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/microsoft-power-bi/what-lineage-does-atlan-extract-from-microsoft-power-bi/llms.txt): This document helps you understand how Atlan generates lineage to upstream SQL sources for your Microsoft Power BI assets using a custom query parser, and the steps you can take while developing reports and dashboards in Microsoft Power BI to create seamless lineage generation.
- [Power BI assets package](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/microsoft-power-bi/package-reference/llms.txt): Programmatically crawl and manage Microsoft Power BI assets in Atlan using the Python SDK (pyatlan). Reference for the Power BI assets package.
- [Power BI assets app](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/microsoft-power-bi/microsoft-power-bi-sdk-references-app-reference/llms.txt): Learn how to crawl Power BI assets and publish them to Atlan for discovery.
- [Power BI miner app](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/microsoft-power-bi/microsoft-power-bi-sdk-references-app-miner-reference/llms.txt): Learn how to mine Power BI activity to generate usage and popularity metrics.

## Troubleshooting

- [Microsoft Power BI connectivity errors](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/microsoft-power-bi/microsoft-power-bi-connectivity-errors/llms.txt): Errors that occur when connecting Atlan to Microsoft Power BI and running the crawler, what each means, and how to fix it.
- [Capabilities & limitations](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/microsoft-power-bi/power-bi-dataflow-datasource/llms.txt): Frequently asked questions about Power BI data sources, dataflows, connector limitations, and asset previews.
- [Workflow ownership](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/microsoft-power-bi/power-bi-workflow-ownership/llms.txt): Frequently asked questions about workflow ownership, service accounts, and identity rules for Microsoft Power BI crawlers and miners in Atlan.
- [Authentication](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/microsoft-power-bi/power-bi-authentication/llms.txt): Frequently asked questions about authenticating Atlan with Microsoft Power BI, including what Test Authentication validates and why the secret field appears empty.
- [Operating Power BI day to day](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/microsoft-power-bi/operating-microsoft-power-bi/llms.txt): Six operating practices for a Power BI connection, drawn from real-world failure patterns, from secret rotation to the deletion circuit breaker and capacity impact.
