Control-M for Microsoft Power BI

Microsoft Power BI jobs enable you to run workflows for data visualization.

Control-M for Microsoft Power BI enables you to do the following:

  • Execute Microsoft Power BI jobs that run a Data Refresh or Pipeline Deployment, which can sync development, test, and production workspaces.

  • Manage Power BI credentials in a secure connection profile.

  • Connect to any Power BI endpoint.

  • Introduce all Control-M capabilities to Control-M for Microsoft Power BI, including advanced scheduling criteria, complex dependencies, Resource Pools, Lock Resources, and variables.

  • Integrate Microsoft Power BI jobs with other Control-M jobs into a single scheduling environment.

  • Monitor the status, results, and output of Microsoft Power BI jobs.

  • Attach an SLA job to the Microsoft Power BI jobs.

  • Run 50 Microsoft Power BI jobs simultaneously per Agent.

Control-M for Microsoft Power BI Compatibility

Control-M for Microsoft Power BI supports integration with the Power BI Cloud (SaaS) solution, but not with Power BI on-premises solution.

The following table lists the prerequisites that are required to use the Microsoft Power BI plug-in, each with its minimum required version.

Component

Version

Control-M/EM

9.0.20.200

Control-M/Agent

9.0.20.200

Control-M Application Integrator

9.0.20.201

Control-M Automation API

9.0.20.250

Control-M for Microsoft Power BI is supported on Control-M Web and Control-M Automation API, but not on the Control-M client.

To download the required installation files for each prerequisite, see Obtaining Control-M Installation Files.

Setting Up Microsoft Power BI in Azure

To enable proper function of the Control-M for Microsoft Power BI plug-in, you must perform several setup tasks in Azure. These tasks are described in KA000437809.

Setting up Control-M for Microsoft Power BI

This procedure describes how to deploy the Microsoft Power BI plug-in, create a connection profile, and define a Microsoft Power BI job in Control-M Web and Automation API.

Integration plug-ins released by BMC require an Application Integrator installation. However, these plug-ins are not editable and you cannot import them into Application Integrator. To deploy these integrations to your Control-M environment, import them directly into Control-M with Control-M Automation API.

Before You Begin

  • Register your client application with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD).

  • Add API permissions to the client application in the Azure Portal.

  • Disable multi-factor authentication (MFA) for username and password authentication in the Azure Portal.

  • Enable service principal authentication in the Power BI settings.

  • Verify that Automation API is installed, as described in Automation API Installation.

Begin

  1. Create a temporary directory to save the downloaded files.

  2. Download the Microsoft Power BI plug-in from Control-M for Power BI download page in the EPD site.

  3. Install the Microsoft Power BI plug-in via one of the following methods:

    • (9.0.21 or higher) Use the Automation API Provision service, as follows:

      1. Log in to the Control-M/EM Server machine as an Administrator and store the downloaded zip file in the one of the following locations:

        • Linux: $HOME/ctm_em/AUTO_DEPLOY

        • Windows: <EM_HOME>\AUTO_DEPLOY

      2. Log in to the Control-M/Agent machine and run the provision image command, as follows:

        • Linux: ctm provision image MBI_plugin.Linux

        • Windows: ctm provision image MBI_plugin.Windows

    • (9.0.20.200 or lower) Run the Automation API Deploy service, as described in deploy jobtype.

  4. Create a Microsoft Power BI connection profile in Control-M Web or Automation API, as follows:

  5. Define a Microsoft Power BI job in Control-M Web or Automation API, as follows:

To remove this plug-in from an Agent, see Removing a Plug-in. The plug-in ID is MBI042022.

Change Log

The following table provides details about changes that were introduced in new versions of this plug-in:

Plug-in Version

Details

1.0.04

Menu divided menu for dual functionality

1.0.03

Change in API usage to run refresh once without admin

1.0.02

Failure tolerance added

1.0.01

Icon change

1.0.00

Initial version