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 Control-M for Microsoft Power BI SPLink copied to clipboard

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.

  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_11_directory>

      • csh/tcsh: setenv BMC_INST_JAVA_HOME <java_11_directory>

    • Windows: set BMC_INST_JAVA_HOME="<java_11_directory>"

  2. Run one of the following API commands:

    • To install, type 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

    • To upgrade, type the following command:

      ctm provision agent::update

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

  4. 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 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

1.0.01

  • Fix in dataflow tracking

  • Abort option added for dataflow

1.0.00

Initial version