Powerbi-docs: Adding Service Principal as workspace admin via API - how exactly ?

[kumbol]

The documentation quickly runs through this, but it has been my blocker so far trying this new method.

"5. Add the service principal as an admin to the new workspace you created. You can manage this task through the APIs or with the Power BI service."

How do I actually do that when the exact API that is linked here (https://docs.microsoft.com/pl-pl/rest/api/power-bi/groups/addgroupuser) is requiring me to put email address of the user in the requests, body. Service principal, unless I'm mistaken, does not have an email address (or I can't find in in AAD). Trying to put in object id, both as a emailAddress or as identifier fails.

Any idea how to move past this?

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[eligr]

Hi, we just updated the documentation and added a sample for service principal:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/power-bi/groups/addgroupuser#example_for_giving_admin_access_right_to_a_service_principal

[kumbol]

Excellent, got it up & running now! Perfect! Thank you very much :-)

[markingmyname]

@kumbol, thank you for the feedback.

@eligr, Thank you for the update.

[markingmyname]

We will now proceed to close this thread. If there are further questions regarding this matter, please tag me in your reply. We will gladly continue the discussion and we will reopen the issue.

[craig-miller]

Latest example doesn't seem to work anymore. principalType: "App" results in an error:

Parameter userDetails.PrincipalType is missing or invalid

{
"identifier": "{Service Principle Object ID}",
"groupUserAccessRight": "Admin",
"principalType": "App"
}

[bjornprins]

REST API doesn't seem to work anymore. Get Status 400: BadRequest if I do a POST.
"message": "'userDetails' is a required parameter"

Now I am unable to give Admin access to a Service Principal on a Power BI Workspace. According the documentation this should work:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/power-bi/groups/addgroupuser#principaltype

I can't find anything refering to userDetails

[bjornprins]

It works in GUI, but only via the new Contact List interface.
Go to Power BI Admin portal and add admin account to Workspace with Admin access.
Go to Workspaces -> ... -> Workspace access -> type the application name (AppID will show up here) -> add as Admin.

This does NOT work via the Admin portal -> Workspaces -> Access tab!!!

[salasosvaldo]

It is not working for me, using REST API and doing a POST I get this error:
"error": {
"code": "PowerBIEntityNotFound",

[ulriksenstian]

Any update on this?

[shahanur]

It does not work with service principal. I also get the same error. code": "PowerBIEntityNotFound".

[coreyspagnoli]

I'm having the same issue trying to link my app to power bi through the API. Has this been resolved?

[kjhangiani]

Also running into this exact issue above - the request looks fairly simple, but this does not seem to work. Is there any update on this?

[kjhangiani]

Nevermind - figured it out. The particular workspace I was testing it on was still using the old workspaces - after upgrading to new workspace (can you do that from the API?), everything worked as expected