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BI credentials

Based on selected connector type Admin need to provide valid credentials to BI service.

Please note, that all credentials are encrypted

Power BI

Analytics Hub provides two connection types for Power BI data importing:

  • Principal access (by default)
  • Standard access through Azure application (allows parse filters, indicators and dimensions from .pbix)

To establish a connection with Power BI with principal access, Admin should fill in the following credentials:

CredentialDescriptionUI
Client ID ( = Application ID)go to the User profile page - navigate to the Application tab - open the Assignment Detail page for the "PowerBI connection" appinput field
Client Secretgo to Azure Active Directory - navigate to App registrations - select the PowerBI connection page - go to the Certificates & secrets tab - create a new secretinput field
Tenant IDgo to the Azure Active Directory pageinput field
Use Standard APIallow to use standart access through Azure applicationswitcher

If Admin uses standard access, the following information must be provided:

CredentialDescriptionUI
Client ID ( = Application ID)go to the User profile page - navigate to the Application tab - open the Assignment Detail page for the "PowerBI connection" appinput field
Client Secretgo to Azure Active Directory - navigate to App registrations - select the PowerBI connection page - go to the Certificates & secrets tab - create a new secretinput field
Usernamethe user email with Power BI accessinput field
Passwordthe user password with Power BIinput field

Tableau Cloud

To establish a connection with Tableau Cloud, Admin should fill in the following credentials:

CredentialDescriptionUI
HostTableau hostnameinput field
Personal token nametoken name created by user (with administrator access) in the My Account settings in Tableau personal profileinput field
Personal access tokentoken created by user (with administrator access) in the My Account settings in Tableau personal profileinput field
SiteAdmin can provide site name, if there are the several sites on one hostinput field

Tableau Server

To establish a connection with Tableau Server, Admin should fill in the following credentials:

CredentialDescriptionUI
HostTableau hostnameinput field
BI usernameusername of the user with administrator accessinput field
BI passwordpassword of the user with administrator accessinput field
SiteAdmin can provide site name, if there are the several sites on one serverinput field

Please note, that a server admin must enable the Metadata API on Tableau Server for the full import.

Jira Cloud

To establish a connection with Jira Cloud, Admin should fill in the following credentials:

CredentialDescriptionUI
BI usernameusername of the user with administrator accessinput field
Personal access tokenpassword of the user with administrator accessinput field

Qlik Cloud

To establish a connection with Qlik Cloud, Admin should fill in the following credentials:

CredentialDescriptionUI
HostQlik hostnameinput field
Personal access tokenpassword of the user with administrator accessinput field

Report Server

The connector supports 3 types of authorisation.

  1. NTLM - standard connection method, you need to fill in for authorization:

Domain PBIRS Username Password

CredentialUI
Domain PBIRSinput field
Usernameinput field
Passwordinput field
  1. Axure Application Proxy - allows you to log in using a cookie, you need to fill in for authorization:
CredentialUI
Cookie nameinput field
Cookie valueinput field
  1. OAuth - the method used if access to PBIRS is provided via Azure OAuth. Requires setting up a separate Azure application, you need to fill in for authorization:
CredentialUI
Cookie nameinput field
Cookie valueinput field
Username of the user who has access to PBIRSinput field
Password of the user who has access to PBIRSinput field