web
You’re offline. This is a read only version of the page.
close
Skip to main content

Announcements

No record found.

News and Announcements icon
Community site session details

Community site session details

Session Id :
Dynamics 365 Community / Forums / Small and medium business | Business Central, N... / Connecting Business Ce...
Small and medium business | Business Central, N...
Answered

Connecting Business Central from Power BI

(0) ShareShare
ReportReport
Posted on by dc7669 47

Hi,

I see a Connection for Dynamics 365 Business Central in Power BI, but I could not connect to it.  Why?

I work for a government agency.  So, our Microsoft environment, including Power BI, is in GCC.

However, our Dynamics 365 Business Central is on commercial cloud.

A link is set up in BC such that when we get to BC, our credentials in our GCC environment will work.  

However, this may also be the reason that when I signed into PowerBI with our agency Microsoft account associated with GCC, I could not connect to Business Central.  As they are not on the same cloud, one is on GCC and the other is on commercial.  

Any idea on how to solve this? 

BC_2D00_PowerBI.PNG

dc7669

Categories:
Dynamics 365 Business Central
  • tanya07 Profile Picture
    tanya07 1,638 on at

    You need to access PowerBI via NAVUserPassword credentials.

  • Suggested answer
    Marco Mels Profile Picture
    Marco Mels Microsoft Employee on at

    Hello,

    docs.microsoft.com/.../admin-powerbi-setup

    Thanks.

  • Suggested answer
    dc7669 Profile Picture
    dc7669 47 on at

    Well, I finally figured this out.  

    I need another set of username/password that has full right for Business Central.  As my username/password with my agency is only accessing Business Central as a guest, my agency credential will not be able to access Business Central stuffs.

    After getting the username/password for Business Central, I can connect to Business Central using this username/password from PowerBI.

    Then, I can get to all companies and all tables in Business Central!  

    Then, I (or anyone with full rights in Business Central) will be able to do ALL sort of reports in Power BI using data from Business Central!!  It is very COOL!  

    dc7669

Under review

Thank you for your reply! To ensure a great experience for everyone, your content is awaiting approval by our Community Managers. Please check back later.

Helpful resources

Quick Links

Season of Sharing Community Challenge Winners!

Congratulations to our community stars!

Women in Power Builds Momentum

Expanding mentorship, skilling, and AI innovation

Congratulations to the July Top 10 Community Leaders

These are the community rock stars!

Leaderboard > Small and medium business | Business Central, NAV, RMS

#1
OussamaSabbouh Profile Picture

OussamaSabbouh 748 Super User 2026 Season 2

#2
YUN ZHU Profile Picture

YUN ZHU 354 Super User 2026 Season 2

#3
AndrewThomas81 Profile Picture

AndrewThomas81 351 Super User 2026 Season 2

Last 30 days Overall leaderboard

Featured topics

Microsoft Training Manuals

Product updates

Dynamics 365 release plans