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Power BI embeded - Create profile return FeatureNotAvailableError

I am trying to use power bi embeded according to the following instructions https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/developer/embedded/embed-multi-tenancy#create-a-profile as a multitenant. But I am stuck on the CreateProfile step, which returns the following response: { "error": { "code": "FeatureNotAvailableError", "pbi.error": { "code": "FeatureNotAvailableError", "parameters": {}, "details": [] } } }

But if I call GET, everything works as it should. I really followed the instructions exactly. Setting up the app, setting up tenant.

What could be causing this error? Thank you

I tried googling for a solution, calling the api differently, setting it up in Power BI, but nothing helped. I want to achieve the API call.

Solution

  • The error might occur if you missed enabling creating profiles option for the service principal in Tenant Settings of Power Bi Admin Portal.

    I registered one Azure AD application and added it to group as below:

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    Initially, I generated access token using client credentials flow via Postman without enabling creating profiles option in Tenant settings of Power Bi:

    POST https://login.microsoftonline.com/tenantId/oauth2/v2.0/token
grant_type:client_credentials
client_id: appId
client_secret: secret 
scope: https://analysis.windows.net/powerbi/api/.default

    Response:

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    When I used this token to create profile, I too got same error as below:

    POST https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/profiles
Authorization: Bearer <token>
{
    "displayName": "SriProfile"
}

    Response:

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    To resolve the error, make sure to enable creating profiles option in the Tenant settings of Power Bi Admin Portal by adding group with service principal like below:

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    Now, generate the bearer token again after few minutes and use it to run the POST request where profile will be created successfully as below:

    POST https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/profiles
Authorization: Bearer <token>
{
    "displayName": "SriProfile"
}

    Response:

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