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Business Central and Power Bi integration - license

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Posted on by pwaragoda

Hi Everyone,

We discovered that there are connectors in Power BI to connect with Business Central. We hope to use our SoftwareService account to create a connection to create Power BI reports using Business Central data.

My questions are:

Does our SoftwareService account need a Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Premium (we are hoping to utilize Service Order Management and Manufacturing capabilities) license for the connection?
What type of Power Bi license do I need for the SoftwareService account (since we are creating and sharing reports with this account)
Once we create reports in Power Bi, can users with NO license to Business Central view/use those Power BI reports?

Thank you in advance for the advice.

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Inge M. Bruvik 32,748 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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RE: Business Central and Power Bi integration - license

Just to add to what Tanya answered you. You are mentioning a software service account. And if you are running BC online it is named users that will be able to access the Power BI data through the BC connector for Power BI.

If you run BC on prem then you need a data connector installed on prem to access your BC data in Power BI.
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RE: Business Central and Power Bi integration - license

Here are some answers to your questions:

Does our SoftwareService account need a Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Premium (we are hoping to utilize Service Order Management and Manufacturing capabilities) license for the connection?

You may be able to use a Teams License I have been able to access the data, but you may need a full license.

What type of Power Bi license do I need for the SoftwareService account (since we are creating and sharing reports with this account)

You will need at least a pro license to share reports on the service depending on the data size of the models.

Once we create reports in Power Bi, can users with NO license to Business Central view/use those Power BI reports?

They can view the reports they just cannot refresh the data only the user that is scheduled to refresh the report needs access to the data..

Hope this helps!