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# Introducing Power BI Monitor: Unified Power BI Management in Business Central

[Read the post](https://thinkaboutit.be/2025/11/introducing-power-bi-monitor-unified-power-bi-management-in-business-central/) · think about IT - Steven Renders (Steven Renders) · 2025-11-16 · 809 words · tier community · reviewed (checked by Opus)

> Power BI Monitor is a Business Central extension that centralizes Power BI management, allowing users to monitor workspaces, datasets, dataflows, reports, and dashboards without leaving BC. It enables refresh management, error tracking, and provides a dedicated role center for unified control of Power BI resources from within Business Central.

## Key points

- Unified view of Power BI resources including workspaces, datasets, dataflows, reports, and dashboards with real-time refresh status
- Flexible refresh management with options to refresh individual resources or bulk operations, complete history logging, and performance tracking
- Proactive error monitoring with a 30-day error dashboard showing statistics and detailed diagnostics for troubleshooting
- Uses OAuth 2.0 authentication and service-oriented architecture to securely connect with Power BI REST APIs

## Quotes

- "What if you could monitor, manage, and troubleshoot all your Power BI resources without leaving BC?" (Captures the core value proposition of eliminating context switching between Business Central and Power BI portals)
- "Power BI Monitor uses OAuth 2.0 authentication to securely connect with Power BI's REST APIs." (Explains the technical approach and security mechanism used for integration)

## Context

- Features: Power BI workspace monitoring, Dataset and dataflow visibility, Refresh operation management, Real-time refresh status tracking, Error dashboard and diagnostics, Audit trail logging, Azure AD authentication, Dedicated role center

Source: think about IT - Steven Renders, community blog. Summary, key points and quotes are derived (CONTENT-NOTICE.md); read the original for the full text.