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.

Setting Up Microsoft Power BI in AzureLink copied to clipboard

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 BILink copied to clipboard

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 SaaS and 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 Setting Up the API.

• Verify that Control-M/Agent 9.0.21.200 or higher is installed.

• Verify that Application Integrator 9.0.21.200 or higher is installed.

1. On the Agent host, run one of the following commands to set the Java environment variable:

   • Linux:

     • Bourne shell/bash: export BMC_INST_JAVA_HOME=<java_directory>

     • csh/tcsh: setenv BMC_INST_JAVA_HOME <java_directory>

   • Windows: set BMC_INST_JAVA_HOME="<java_directory>"

2. Do one of the following:

   • Install: Run one of the following provision image commands:

     • Linux: ctm provision image MBI_plugin.Linux

     • Windows: ctm provision image MBI_plugin.Windows

   • Upgrade: Run the following command:

     ctm provision agent::update

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

   • Control-M SaaS: Create a Centralized Connection Profile with Microsoft Power BI Connection Profile Parameters

   • Automation API: ConnectionProfile:Microsoft Power BI

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

   • Control-M SaaS: Create a Job with Microsoft Power BI Job parameters

   • Automation API: Job:Microsoft Power BI

Change LogLink copied to clipboard

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