Control-M for Microsoft Power BI SP

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

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

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

  • Authenticate applications with service principal authentication.

  • 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 SP, including advanced scheduling criteria, complex dependencies, resource pools, lock resources, and variables.

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

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

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

  • Run 50 Microsoft Power BI SP jobs simultaneously per Agent.

Setting Up Microsoft Power BI SP in Azure

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

Setting up Control-M for Microsoft Power BI SP

This procedure describes how to deploy the Microsoft Power BI SP plug-in, create a connection profile, and define a Microsoft Power BI SP 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.

Begin

  1. Do one of the following:

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

      • Linux: ctm provision image Microsoft_Power_BI_SP_plugin.Linux

      • Windows: ctm provision image Microsoft_Power_BI_SP_plugin.Windows

    • Upgrade: Run the following command:

      ctm provision agent::update

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

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

To remove this plug-in from an Agent, see Removing a Plug-in. The plug-in ID is PBI082024.

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

Improvements and fixes in the abort mechanism that aborts datasets and dataflows and stops jobs when they are stopped in the Power BI platform.

1.0.03

  • Added HTTP Codes, Rerun Interval, and Attempt Reruns parameters to the connection profile to rerun an execution step with an HTTP code

  • Resolved issues with Dataset tracking reliability

1.0.02

  • Fix in Dataset tracking

  • Enhanced dataset tracking added

1.0.01

  • Fix in dataflow tracking

  • Abort option added for dataflow

1.0.00

Initial version