Track user activities in Power BI

Knowing who is taking what action on which item in Power BI can be critical in helping your organization fulfill its requirements, like meeting regulatory compliance and records management. This article discusses two options to track user activity: The Power BI activity log and the unified audit log.

Note

The procedures described in this article can also be used to track user activities on all items in the Fabric experience. However, currently, for non-Power BI Fabric items, only create, read, update, and delete operations are recorded.

Choosing a log source

The Power BI activity log and unified audit log both contain a complete copy of the Power BI auditing data. However, we highly recommend using the Power BI activity log for the following reasons:

  • The Power BI activity log contains only the Power BI activities structured list of records (JSON array).
  • The global administrator role isn't needed to access the Power BI activity log.

The differences between log sources are summarized in the following table.

Unified audit log Power BI activity log
Includes events from Power BI, plus events from SharePoint Online, Exchange Online, Dynamics 365, and other services. Includes only the Power BI auditing events.
Only users with Audit Logs permissions have access, such as global administrators and auditors. Global administrators, Power Platform administrators, and Power BI administrators have access.
Global administrators and auditors can search the unified audit log by using the Microsoft 365 Defender portal and the Microsoft Purview compliance portal. There's no user interface to search the activity log yet.
Global administrators and auditors can download audit log entries by using Microsoft 365 Management APIs and cmdlets. Global administrators, Power Platform administrators, and Power BI administrators can download activity log entries by using a Power BI REST API and management cmdlet.
Keeps audit data for 90 days Keeps activity data for 30 days (public preview).
Keeps audit data, even if the tenant is moved to a different Azure region. Doesn't keep activity data when the tenant is moved to a different Azure region.

Use the activity log

Power BI administrators can analyze usage for all Power BI resources at the tenant level by using custom reports that are based on the Power BI activity log. You download the activities by using a REST API or PowerShell cmdlet. Activity data can also be filtered by date range, user, and activity type.

Note

You need to be familiar with the Power BI Admin API and Power BI PowerShell modules. PowerShell modules must be installed before you can run commands.

There can be a lag of up to 30 minutes to retrieve Power BI events.

Activity log requirements

To access the Power BI activity log, you must meet these requirements:

  • You have to be a global administrator or a Power BI administrator.
  • Install the Power BI Management cmdlets locally or use the Power BI Management cmdlets in Azure Cloud Shell.

ActivityEvents REST API

You can use an administrative application based on the Power BI REST APIs to export activity events into a blob store or SQL database. You can then build a custom usage report on top of the exported data. In the ActivityEvents REST API call, you must specify a start date and end date and optionally a filter to select activities by activity type or user ID. Because the activity log could contain a large amount of data, the ActivityEvents API currently only supports downloading up to one day of data per request. In other words, the start date and end date must specify the same day, as in the following example. Make sure you specify the DateTime values in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) format.

https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/admin/activityevents?startDateTime='2019-08-31T00:00:00'&endDateTime='2019-08-31T23:59:59'

If the number of entries is large, the ActivityEvents API returns only around 5,000 to 10,000 entries and a continuation token. Call the ActivityEvents API again with the continuation token to get the next batch of entries, and so forth, until you've gotten all entries and no longer receive a continuation token. The following example shows how to use the continuation token:

https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/admin/activityevents?continuationToken='%2BRID%3ARthsAIwfWGcVAAAAAAAAAA%3D%3D%23RT%3A4%23TRC%3A20%23FPC%3AARUAAAAAAAAAFwAAAAAAAAA%3D'

If the results include a continuation token, continue to call the API using that token to get the rest of the data until a continuation token is no longer returned. It's possible for a call to return a continuation token without any event entries. The following example shows how to loop with a continuation token returned in the response:

while(response.ContinuationToken != null)
{
   // Store the activity event results in a list for example
    completeListOfActivityEvents.AddRange(response.ActivityEventEntities);

    // Make another call to the API with continuation token
    response = GetPowerBIActivityEvents(response.ContinuationToken)
}
completeListOfActivityEvents.AddRange(response.ActivityEventEntities);

Note

It can take up to 24 hours for all events to show up, though full data is typically available much sooner.

If the time span between startDateTime and endDateTime exceeds 1 hour, it takes multiple requests to download the data through continuationUri in response.

The following example shows how to download data for 1 hour and 5 minutes:

GET https://wabi-staging-us-east-redirect.analysis.windows.net/v1.0/myorg/admin/activityevents?startDateTime='2020-08-13T07:55:00Z'&endDateTime='2020-08-13T09:00:00Z'
{
  "activityEventEntities": […],
  "continuationUri": https://wabi-staging-us-east-redirect.analysis.windows.net/v1.0/myorg/admin/activityevents?continuationToken='LDIwMjAtMDgtMTNUMDc6NTU6MDBaLDIwMjAtMDgtMTNUMDk6MDA6MDBaLDEsLA%3D%3D',
  "continuationToken": "LDIwMjAtMDgtMTNUMDc6NTU6MDBaLDIwMjAtMDgtMTNUMDk6MDA6MDBaLDEsLA%3D%3D",
  "lastResultSet": false
}

GET https://wabi-staging-us-east-redirect.analysis.windows.net/v1.0/myorg/admin/activityevents?continuationToken='LDIwMjAtMDgtMTNUMDc6NTU6MDBaLDIwMjAtMDgtMTNUMDk6MDA6MDBaLDEsLA%3D%3D'
{
  "activityEventEntities": [],
  "continuationUri": null,
  "continuationToken": null,
  "lastResultSet": false
}

To learn more about using the Power BI REST API, including examples of how to get audit activity events, see Admin - Get Activity Events in the Power BI REST API reference documentation.

Get-PowerBIActivityEvent cmdlet

Download activity events by using the Power BI Management cmdlets for PowerShell. The Get-PowerBIActivityEvent cmdlet automatically handles the continuation token for you. The Get-PowerBIActivityEvent cmdlet takes a StartDateTime and an EndDateTime parameter with the same restrictions as the ActivityEvents REST API. In other words, the start date and end date must reference the same date value because you can only retrieve the activity data for one day at a time.

The following script demonstrates how to download all Power BI activities. The command converts the results from JSON into .NET objects for straightforward access to individual activity properties. These examples show the smallest and largest timestamps possible for a day to ensure no events are missed:

Login-PowerBI

$activities = Get-PowerBIActivityEvent -StartDateTime '2019-08-31T00:00:00' -EndDateTime '2019-08-31T23:59:59' | ConvertFrom-Json

$activities.Count
$activities[0]

Filter activity data

You can filter activity events by activity type and user ID. The following script demonstrates how to download only the event data for the ViewDashboard activity. For additional information about supported parameters, use the command Get-Help Get-PowerBIActivityEvent.

Login-PowerBI

$activities = Get-PowerBIActivityEvent -StartDateTime '2019-08-31T00:00:00' -EndDateTime '2019-08-31T23:59:59' -ActivityType 'ViewDashboard' | ConvertFrom-Json

$activities.Count
$activities[0]

Note

A PowerShell sample is available to help you learn how to filter and retrieve Power BI activity log events. For more information, see Access the Power BI activity log.

Use the audit log

If your task is to track user activities across Power BI and Microsoft 365, you work with auditing in Microsoft Purview or use PowerShell. Auditing relies on functionality in Exchange Online, which automatically supports Power BI.

You can filter the audit data by date range, user, dashboard, report, dataset, and activity type. You can also download the activities in a comma-separated value (csv) file to analyze offline.

Audit log requirements

Meet these requirements to access audit logs:

  • You must either be a global administrator or assigned the Audit Logs role in Exchange Online to access the audit log. By default, the Compliance Management and Organization Management role groups have roles assigned on the Admin roles page in the Exchange admin center. For more information about the roles that can view audit logs, see Requirements to search the audit log.

    To give non-admin accounts access to the audit log, add the user as a member of one of these role groups. Another option is to create a custom role group in the Exchange admin center, assign the Audit Logs role to this group, and then add the non-admin account to the new role group. For more information, see Manage role groups in Exchange Online.

    If you can't access the Exchange admin center from the Microsoft 365 admin center, go to https://outlook.office365.com/ecp, and sign in using your credentials.

  • If you have access to the audit log but aren't a global admin or Power BI Administrator, you can't get to the Power BI Admin portal. In this case, use a direct link to Microsoft Purview.

Access your audit logs

To access logs, first enable logging in Power BI. For more information, see Audit and usage settings in the admin portal documentation. There may be up to a 48-hour delay between the time you enable auditing and when you can view audit data. If you don't see data immediately, check the audit logs later. You might experience a similar delay between getting permission to view audit logs and being able to access the logs.

The Power BI audit logs are available directly through Microsoft Purview. There's also a link from the Power BI admin portal:

  1. In Power BI, select Settings > Admin portal.

    Screenshot of the settings drop-down menu with the Admin portal option called out.

  2. Select Audit logs.

  3. Select Go to Microsoft 365 Admin Center.

    Screenshot of the Admin portal with the Audit logs option and the Go to Microsoft 365 Admin Center options called out.

Search Power BI activities

Search for Power BI activities by following these steps. For a list of activities, see the list of activities audited by Power BI later in this article.

  1. On the Audit page, under Search, select the drop-down for Activities.

  2. Enter Power BI to go to the list of Power BI activities.

    Screenshot of the Audit log search with Power B I activities called out.

  3. Select each of the Power BI activities that you want to track.

Your search will only return the selected Power BI activities.

Search the audit logs by date

You can search the logs by date range using the Start date and End date fields. The default selection is the past seven days. The display presents the date and time in UTC format. The maximum date range that you can specify is 90 days.

You receive an error if the selected date range is greater than 90 days. If you're using the maximum date range of 90 days, select the current time for Start date. Otherwise, you'll receive an error saying that the start date is earlier than the end date. If you've turned on auditing within the last 90 days, the date range can't start before the date that auditing was turned on.

Screenshot of the Audit log search with Start Date and End Date options called out.

Search the audit logs by users

You can search for audit log entries for activities done by specific users. Enter one or more user names in the Users field. User names appear in email address format. This box should be left blank to return entries for all users (and service accounts) in your organization.

Screenshot of the Audit log search with Users called out.

Search the audit logs by file, folder, or site

You can use the File, folder, or site field to determine who accessed a file, folder, or site, on the Audit page. Records can be searched by file name, folder name, or URL. Don't use any spaces or special characters. For example, you can enter all or part of the name of a dataset to find who has interacted with it recently.

In the example shown below, the search term sales was entered in the File, folder, or site field.

Screenshot of the Audit log search with file, folder, or site field called out.

The search results for the "sales" filter show user activity for the Contoso Q2 Division Sales dataset.

Screenshot of the Audit log search results for a file search.

Combine filters to narrow results

You can combine any of the filters included on the Audit page to refine the results that are returned. When you combine filters, the search results will show only items that match all of the filter criteria.

View search results

After you select Search, the search results load and display on the Audit search page. When the search finishes, the display shows the number of results found. Audit search displays a maximum of 1000 events. If more than 1000 events meet the search criteria, the app displays the newest 1000 events.

The following information is shown for each event returned by the search. Select a column header under Results to sort the results.

Column Definition
Date The UTC formatted date and time when the event occurred.
IP address The IP address of the device used for the logged activity. The app displays the IP address in either an IPv4 or IPv6 address format.
User The user (or service account) who did the activity.
Activity The activity done by the user. This value corresponds to the activities that you selected in the Activities drop down list. For an event from the Exchange admin audit log, the value in this column is an Exchange cmdlet.
Item The object created or modified because of the corresponding activity. For example, the viewed or modified file, or the updated user account. Not all activities have a value in this column.
Detail More detail about an activity. Again, not all activities have a value.

View the details for an event

To view more details about an event, select the event record in the list of search results. A Detail page appears that has the detailed properties from the event record. The Detail page displays properties depending on the Microsoft 365 service in which the event occurs.

All Power BI entries have a value of 20 for the RecordType property. For information about other properties, see Detailed properties in the audit log.

Screenshot of the audit detail dialog.

Export search results

To export the Power BI audit log search results to a csv file, follow these steps.

  1. Do an audit search by following the steps in this article.

  2. On the Audit search results page, select the drop-down next to Export. Then select Download all results. The results are saved in CSV format, and the file can be found in your Downloads folder.

    Screenshot of the Export results option with  Download all results called out.

Use PowerShell to search audit logs

You can also use PowerShell to access the audit logs. The following example shows how to connect to Exchange Online PowerShell V2 (EXO V2) and then use the Search-UnifiedAuditLog command to pull Power BI audit log entries. To run the script, an admin must assign you the appropriate permissions, as described in the Audit log requirements section. Read About the Exchange Online PowerShell V2 module and Connect to Exchange Online PowerShell to learn more about how this PowerShell module works.

You can download the EXO V2 module from the PowerShell gallery.

# The first command sets the execution policy for Windows computers and allows scripts to run.
Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned

# The following command loads the Exchange Online management module.
Import-Module ExchangeOnlineManagement

# Next, you connect using your user principal name. A dialog will prompt you for your 
# password and any multi-factor authentication requirements.
Connect-ExchangeOnline -UserPrincipalName <user@contoso.com>

# Now you can query for Power BI activity. In this example, the results are limited to 
# 1,000, shown as a table, and the "more" command causes output to display one screen at a time. 
Search-UnifiedAuditLog -StartDate 09/16/2021 -EndDate 9/23/2021 -RecordType PowerBIAudit -ResultSize 1000 | Format-Table | More

Use PowerShell to export audit logs

You can also use PowerShell to export the results of your audit logs search. The following example shows how to send from the Search-UnifiedAuditLog command and export the results using the Export-Csv cmdlet. To run the script, an admin must assign you the appropriate permissions, as described in the Audit log requirements section.

Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned

Import-Module ExchangeOnlineManagement
Connect-ExchangeOnline -UserPrincipalName <user@contoso.com>
Search-UnifiedAuditLog -StartDate 09/16/2021 -EndDate 9/23/2021 -RecordType PowerBIAudit -ResultSize 1000 | Export-Csv -Path "c:\temp\PowerBIAuditLog.csv" -NoTypeInformation

For more information on connecting to Exchange Online, see Connect to Exchange Online PowerShell. For another example of using PowerShell with audit logs, see Using Power BI audit log and PowerShell to assign Power BI Pro licenses.

Operations available in the audit and activity logs

The following operations are available in both the audit and activity logs.

Note

We recently added many Power BI activities to the audit and activity logs. Friendly names can be found in Microsoft Purview, and we'll continue to update this list to identify the operation names used in REST API and PowerShell queries.

In the Fabric experience, only create, read, update, and delete operations are currently logged.

Friendly name Operation name Notes
Added data source to Power BI gateway AddDatasourceToGateway
Added external resource AddExternalResource
Added link to external resource AddExternalResourceLink
Added Power BI folder access AddFolderAccess Not currently used
Added Power BI group members AddGroupMembers
Added user to Power BI gateway cluster AddUsersToGatewayCluster
Added user to Power BI gateway cluster datasource AddUsersToGatewayClusterDatasource
Admin attached dataflow storage account to tenant AdminAttachedDataflowStorageAccountToTenant Not currently used
Analyzed Power BI dataset AnalyzedByExternalApplication Generated when users interact with the service
Analyzed Power BI report AnalyzeInExcel Generated when a user selects Analyze in Excel on a report or dataset in the service and successfully generates an Excel workbook
Applied a change to model in Power BI ApplyChangeToPowerBIModel A user makes a change to an existing model. This occurs whenever any edit is made to the model (ex: write a DAX measure, manage relationships, etc.)
Applied sensitivity label to Power BI item SensitivityLabelApplied
Assigned a workspace to a deployment pipeline AssignWorkspaceToPipeline
Attached dataflow storage account AttachedDataflowStorageAccount
Binded monikers to Power BI datasources BindMonikerstoDatasources
Binded Power BI dataset to gateway BindToGateway
Canceled Power BI dataflow refresh CancelDataflowRefresh
Changed capacity state ChangeCapacityState
Changed capacity user assignment UpdateCapacityUsersAssignment
Changed Power BI dataset connections SetAllConnections
Changed Power BI gateway admins ChangeGatewayAdministrators
Changed Power BI gateway data source users ChangeGatewayDatasourceUsers
Changed sensitivity label for Power BI item SensitivityLabelChanged
Connected to Power BI dataset from external app ConnectFromExternalApplication
Copied Power BI dashboard CopyDashboard
Copied Power BI report CopyReport
Created a Power BI scorecard metric CreateGoal
Created a Power BI metric value CreateGoalValue
Created a Power BI scorecard CreateScorecard
Created an organizational custom visual InsertOrganizationalGalleryItem
Created deployment pipeline CreateAlmPipeline
Created install ticket for installing Power BI template app CreateTemplateAppInstallTicket
Created Power BI app CreateApp
Created Power BI dashboard CreateDashboard
Created Power BI dataflow CreateDataflow
Created Power BI dataset CreateDataset
Created Power BI dataset from external app CreateDatasetFromExternalApplication
Created Power BI email subscription CreateEmailSubscription
Created Power BI folder CreateFolder
Created Power BI gateway CreateGateway
Created Power BI gateway cluster datasource CreateGatewayClusterDatasource
Created Power BI group CreateGroup
Created Power BI report CreateReport 1
Created Power BI template app CreateTemplateApp
Created workspace for Power BI template app CreateTemplateApp
Custom visual requested Azure AD access token GenerateCustomVisualAADAccessToken
Custom visual requested Office Web Apps access token CustomVisualWACAccessToken
Dataflow migrated to external storage account DataflowMigratedToExternalStorageAccount Not currently used
Dataflow permissions added DataflowPermissionsAdded Not currently used
Dataflow permissions removed DataflowPermissionsRemoved Not currently used
Deleted an organizational custom visual DeleteOrganizationalGalleryItem
Delete admin monitoring folder via lockbox DeleteAdminMonitoringFolderViaLockbox
Delete admin usage dashboards via lockbox DeleteAdminUsageDashboardsViaLockbox
Delete usage metrics v2 package via lockbox DeleteUsageMetricsv2PackageViaLockbox
Deleted deployment pipeline DeleteAlmPipeline
Deleted current value connection of Power BI metric
Deleted link to external resource DeleteExternalResourceLink
Deleted member of Power BI gateway cluster
Deleted organizational Power BI content pack DeleteOrgApp
Deleted Power BI comment DeleteComment
Deleted Power BI dashboard DeleteDashboard Not currently used
Deleted Power BI dataflow DeleteDataflow Not currently used
Deleted Power BI dataset DeleteDataset
Deleted Power BI dataset from external app DeleteDatasetFromExternalApplication
Deleted Power BI dataset rows DeleteDatasetRows Indicates that the Push Datasets - Datasets DeleteRows API was called
Deleted Power BI email subscription DeleteEmailSubscription
Deleted Power BI folder DeleteFolder
Deleted Power BI metric DeleteGoal
Deleted Power BI folder access DeleteFolderAccess Not currently used
Deleted Power BI gateway DeleteGateway
Deleted Power BI gateway cluster
Deleted Power BI gateway cluster datasource DeleteGatewayClusterDatasource
Deleted Power BI metric DeleteGoal
Deleted Power BI group DeleteGroup
Deleted Power BI note DeleteNote
Deleted Power BI scorecard DeleteScorecard
Deleted Power BI report DeleteReport
Deleted Power BI template app DeleteTemplateApp
Deleted sensitivity label from Power BI item SensitivityLabelRemoved
Deleted snapshot for user in Power BI tenant DeleteSnapshot Generated when a user deletes a snapshot that describes a dataset
Deleted workspace for Power BI template app DeleteTemplateApp
Deployed to a pipeline stage DeployAlmPipeline
Discovered Power BI dataset data sources GetDatasources
Downloaded Power BI report DownloadReport
Edited Power BI app endorsement EditContentProviderProperties
Edited Power BI certification permission EditCertificationPermission Not currently used
Edited Power BI dashboard EditDashboard Not currently used
Edited Power BI dataflow endorsement EditDataflowProperties
Edited Power BI dataset EditDataset
Edited Power BI dataset endorsement EditDatasetProperties
Edited Power BI dataset from external app EditDatasetFromExternalApplication
Edited Power BI dataset properties EditDatasetProperties
Edited Power BI report EditReport
Edited Power BI report endorsement EditReportProperties
Encrypted credentials for Power BI gateway datasource
Encrypted credentials using Power BI gateway cluster
Export Power BI activity events ExportActivityEvents
Exported Power BI item to another file format ExportArtifact
Exported Power BI dataflow ExportDataflow
Exported Power BI report to another file format ExportReport
Exported Power BI report visual data ExportReport
Exported Power BI tile data ExportTile
Generated Power BI dataflow SAS token GenerateDataflowSasToken
Generated Power BI Embed Token GenerateEmbedToken
Generate screenshot GenerateScreenshot
Get Power BI group users GetGroupUsers
Get refresh history via lockbox GetRefreshHistoryViaLockbox
Imported file to Power BI Import
Initiated Power BI gateway cluster authentication process
Inserted or updated current value connection of Power BI metric UpsertGoalCurrentValueConnection
Inserted or updated target value connection of Power BI metric
Inserted Power BI note InsertNote
Inserted snapshot for user in Power BI tenant InsertSnapshot Generated when user uploads a snapshot that describes their dataset
Installed Power BI app InstallApp
Installed Power BI template app InstallTemplateApp
Mapped user principal names for tenant
Migrated dataflow storage location MigratedDataflowStorageLocation
Migrated workspace to a capacity MigrateWorkspaceIntoCapacity
Patched Power BI metric PatchGoal
Patched Power BI metric value PatchGoalValue
Patched Power BI note PatchNote
Patched Power BI scorecard PatchScorecard
Posted Power BI comment PostComment
Printed Power BI Dashboard PrintDashboard
Printed Power BI report page PrintReport
Promoted Power BI template app PromoteTemplateAppPackage
Published Power BI report to web PublishToWebReport 2
Ran Power BI email subscription RunEmailSubscription
Received Power BI dataflow secret from Key Vault ReceiveDataflowSecretFromKeyVault
Re-encrypted credentials using Power gateway cluster
Refreshed current value of Power BI metric
Refreshed target value of Power BI metric
Removed a workspace from a deployment pipeline UnassignWorkspaceFromPipeline
Removed data source from Power BI gateway RemoveDatasourceFromGateway
Removed Power BI group members DeleteGroupMembers
Removed user from Power BI gateway cluster
Removed user from Power BI gateway cluster datasource
Removed workspace from a capacity RemoveWorkspacesFromCapacity
Renamed Power BI dashboard RenameDashboard
Requested account key for Power BI storage AcquireStorageAccountKey
Requested Power BI dataflow refresh RequestDataflowRefresh Not currently used
Requested Power BI dataset refresh RefreshDataset
Requested Power BI dataset refresh from external app RefreshDatasetFromExternalApplication
Requested SAS token for Power BI storage AcquireStorageSASFromExternalApplication
Restored Power BI workspace RestoreWorkspace
Retrieved all Power BI gateway cluster datasources GetAllGatewayClusterDatasources
Retrieved all supported datasources for Power BI gateway cluster
Retrieved allowed Power BI gateway regions GetGatewayRegions
Retrieved a model from Power BI GetPowerBIDataModel A user opens the Open data model experience or resyncs a data model.
Retrieved authentication details for Power BI gateway cluster datasource
Retrieved data sources from Power BI dataset GetDatasetDatasourcesAsAdmin
Retrieved data sources from Power BI dataflow GetDataflowDatasourcesAsAdmin
Retrieved metrics of Power BI scorecard GetGoal
Retrieved links between datasets and dataflows GetDatasetToDataflowsLinksAsAdmin
Retrieved list of datasource users for Power BI gateway cluster
Retrieved list of modified workspaces in Power BI tenant GetModifiedWorkspacesAPI
Retrieved list of Power BI gateway installer principals
Retrieved member status of Power BI gateway cluster GetGatewayClusterMemberStatus
Retrieved multiple Power BI gateway clusters
Retrieved multiple Power BI metric values GetGoalValues
Retrieved multiple Power BI scorecards GetScorecards
Retrieved Power BI app users GetAppUsersAsAdmin
Retrieved Power BI apps GetAppsAsAdmin
Retrieved Power BI apps for user GetUserAppsAsAdmin
Retrieved Power BI capacities for user GetUserCapacitiesAsAdmin
Retrieved Power BI capacity users GetCapacityUsersAsAdmin
Retrieved Power BI dashboards GetDashboardsAsAdmin
Retrieved Power BI dashboard tiles GetDashboardTilesAsAdmin
Retrieved Power BI dashboard users GetDashboardUsersAsAdmin
Retrieved Power BI dashboards for user GetUserDashboardsAsAdmin
Retrieved Power BI dataflows GetDataflowsAsAdmin
Retrieved Power BI dataflows for user GetUserDataflowsAsAdmin
Retrieved Power BI datasets GetDatasetsAsAdmin
Retrieved Power BI datasets for user GetUserDatasetsAsAdmin
Retrieved Power BI data sources for user GetUserDatasourcesAsAdmin
Retrieved Power BI gateway cluster datasource
Retrieved Power BI gateway cluster datasources
Retrieved Power BI gateway datasource users GetDatasourceUsersAsAdmin
Retrieved Power BI gateway tenant key
Retrieved Power BI gateway tenant policy
Retrieved Power BI gateway users GetGatewayUsersAsAdmin
Retrieved Power BI gateways for user GetUserGatewaysAsAdmin
Retrieved Power BI metric GetGoal
Retrieved Power BI metric value GetGoalValue
Retrieved Power BI group users GetGroupUsersAsAdmin
Retrieved Power BI groups for user GetUserGroupsAsAdmin
Retrieved Power BI imports GetImportsAsAdmin
Retrieved Power BI refresh history GetRefreshHistory
Retrieved Power BI refreshable by ID GetRefreshablesForRefreshIdAsAdmin
Retrieved Power BI refreshables GetRefreshablesAsAdmin
Retrieved Power BI refreshables for capacity GetRefreshablesForCapacityAsAdmin
Retrieved Power BI report users GetReportUsersAsAdmin
Retrieved Power BI reports for user GetUserReportsAsAdmin
Retrieved Power BI scorecard GetScorecard
Retrieved Power BI scorecard by using report ID GetScorecardByReportId
Retrieved Power BI tenant keys GetTenantKeysAsAdmin
Retrieved Power BI workspaces GetWorkspaces
Retrieved scan result in Power BI tenant GetWorkspacesInfoResult
Retrieved snapshots for user in Power BI tenant GetSnapshots Generated when user retrieves snapshots that describe a dataset such as when a user visits the data hub
Retrieved status of Power BI gateway cluster GetGatewayClusterStatus
Retrieved status of Power BI gateway cluster datasource
Retrieved upstream dataflows from Power BI dataflow GetDataflowUpstreamDataflowsAsAdmin
Rotated Power BI gateway tenant key
Sent a scan request in Power BI tenant GetWorkspacesInfoAPI
Set dataflow storage location for a workspace SetDataflowStorageLocationForWorkspace
Set scheduled refresh on Power BI dataflow SetScheduledRefreshOnDataflow
Set scheduled refresh on Power BI dataset SetScheduledRefresh
Shared Power BI dashboard ShareDashboard
Shared Power BI dataset ShareDataset
Shared Power BI report ShareReport
Started Power BI extended trial OptInForExtendedProTrial Not currently used
Started Power BI trial OptInForProTrial
Tested Power BI gateway datasource connection with single sign-on
Took over a Power BI datasource TakeOverDatasource
Took over Power BI dataset TakeOverDataset
Took ownership of Power BI dataflow TookOverDataflow
Unpublished Power BI app UnpublishApp
Update capacity resource governance settings UpdateCapacityResourceGovernanceSettings Not currently in Microsoft 365 admin center
Updated an organizational custom visual UpdateOrganizationalGalleryItem
Updated capacity admin UpdateCapacityAdmins
Updated capacity display name UpdateCapacityDisplayName
Updated capacity custom settings UpdateCapacityCustomSettings
Updated credentials for Power BI gateway cluster
Updated dataflow storage assignment permissions UpdatedDataflowStorageAssignmentPermissions
Updated deployment pipeline access UpdateAlmPipelineAccess
Updated deployment pipeline configuration SetConfigurationAlmPipeline
Updated featured tables UpdateFeaturedTables 3
Updated organization's Power BI settings UpdatedAdminFeatureSwitch
Updated parameters for installed Power BI template app UpdateInstalledTemplateAppParameters
Updated Power BI access request settings
Updated Power BI app UpdateApp
Updated Power BI dataflow UpdateDataflow
Updated Power BI dataset data sources UpdateDatasources
Updated Power BI dataset parameters UpdateDatasetParameters
Updated Power BI discoverable model settings UpdateDiscoverableModelSettings Generated when a report is set to feature on home
Updated Power BI gateway data source credentials UpdateDatasourceCredentials
Updated Power BI email subscription UpdateEmailSubscription
Updated Power BI folder UpdateFolder
Updated Power BI folder access UpdateFolderAccess
Updated Power BI gateway cluster datasource
Updated Power BI gateway data source credentials UpdateDatasourceCredentials
Updated Power BI workspace UpdateWorkspace
Updated Power BI workspace access UpdateWorkspaceAccess
Updated snapshots for user in Power BI tenant UpdateSnapshot Generated when user updates snapshots that describe their datasets
Updated the Power BI gateway
Updated the Power BI datasource
Updated settings for Power BI template app UpdateTemplateAppSettings
Updated testing permissions for Power BI template app UpdateTemplateAppTestPackagePermissions
Updated workspace Analysis Services settings SetASSeverPropertyOnWorkspaceFromExternalApplicationDetailedInfo
Viewed Power BI dashboard ViewDashboard Some fields such as CapacityID and CapacityName, will return null if the report or dashboard is viewed from a Power BI app, rather than a Power BI workspace
Viewed Power BI dataflow ViewDataflow
Viewed Power BI metadata ViewMetadata
Viewed Power BI report ViewReport A report is also generated per page when exporting a report. Some fields such as CapacityID and CapacityName, will return null if the report or dashboard is viewed from a Power BI app, rather than a Power BI workspace.
Viewed Power BI tile ViewTile
Viewed Power BI usage metrics ViewUsageMetrics

1 Publishing from Power BI Desktop to the service is a CreateReport event in the service.

2 PublishToWebReport refers to the Publish to web feature.

3 UpdateFeaturedTables refers to Power BI featured tables in Excel.

4 Publishing from Power BI Report Builder to the service doesn't record an event.

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