Microsoft Power BI integration. Manage Reports, Workspaces, Apps, Users. Use when the user wants to interact with Microsoft Power BI data.
Microsoft Power BI is a business intelligence platform for visualizing and sharing data insights. It's used by data analysts, business users, and IT professionals to create reports, dashboards, and data visualizations. These tools help organizations monitor key performance indicators and identify trends.
Official docs: https://learn.microsoft.com/power-bi/
This skill uses the Membrane CLI to interact with Microsoft Power BI. Membrane handles authentication and credentials refresh automatically — so you can focus on the integration logic rather than auth plumbing.
Install the Membrane CLI so you can run membrane from the terminal:
npm install -g @membranehq/cli
membrane login --tenant
A browser window opens for authentication.
Headless environments: Run the command, copy the printed URL for the user to open in a browser, then complete with membrane login complete <code>.
membrane search microsoft-power-bi --elementType=connector --json
Take the connector ID from output.items[0].element?.id, then:
membrane connect --connectorId=CONNECTOR_ID --json
The user completes authentication in the browser. The output contains the new connection id.When you are not sure if connection already exists:
membrane connection list --json
If a Microsoft Power BI connection exists, note its connectionIdWhen you know what you want to do but not the exact action ID:
membrane action list --intent=QUERY --connectionId=CONNECTION_ID --json
This will return action objects with id and inputSchema in it, so you will know how to run it.
| Name | Key | Description |
|---|---|---|
| List Workspaces | list-workspaces | Returns a list of workspaces the user has access to. |
| List Datasets | list-datasets | Returns a list of datasets from the specified workspace. |
| List Reports | list-reports | Returns a list of reports from the specified workspace. |
| List Dashboards | list-dashboards | Returns a list of dashboards from the specified workspace. |
| List Apps | list-apps | Returns a list of installed apps. |
| List Workspace Users | list-workspace-users | Returns a list of users that have access to the specified workspace. |
| List Dashboard Tiles | list-dashboard-tiles | Returns a list of tiles within the specified dashboard. |
| Get Workspace | get-workspace | Returns a specified workspace by ID. |
| Get Dataset | get-dataset | Returns the specified dataset. |
| Get Report | get-report | Returns the specified report. |
| Get Dashboard | get-dashboard | Returns the specified dashboard. |
| Get App | get-app | Returns the specified installed app. |
| Create Workspace | create-workspace | Creates a new workspace. |
| Create Dashboard | create-dashboard | Creates a new empty dashboard. |
| Update Workspace | update-workspace | Updates a specified workspace. |
| Refresh Dataset | refresh-dataset | Triggers a refresh for the specified dataset. |
| Clone Report | clone-report | Clones the specified report. |
| Delete Workspace | delete-workspace | Deletes the specified workspace. |
| Delete Dataset | delete-dataset | Deletes the specified dataset. |
| Delete Report | delete-report | Deletes the specified report. |
membrane action run --connectionId=CONNECTION_ID ACTION_ID --json
To pass JSON parameters:
membrane action run --connectionId=CONNECTION_ID ACTION_ID --json --input "{ \"key\": \"value\" }"
When the available actions don't cover your use case, you can send requests directly to the Microsoft Power BI API through Membrane's proxy. Membrane automatically appends the base URL to the path you provide and injects the correct authentication headers — including transparent credential refresh if they expire.
membrane request CONNECTION_ID /path/to/endpoint
Common options:
| Flag | Description |
|---|---|
-X, --method | HTTP method (GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE). Defaults to GET |
-H, --header | Add a request header (repeatable), e.g. -H "Accept: application/json" |
-d, --data | Request body (string) |
--json | Shorthand to send a JSON body and set Content-Type: application/json |
--rawData | Send the body as-is without any processing |
--query | Query-string parameter (repeatable), e.g. --query "limit=10" |
--pathParam | Path parameter (repeatable), e.g. --pathParam "id=123" |
membrane action list --intent=QUERY (replace QUERY with your intent) to find existing actions before writing custom API calls. Pre-built actions handle pagination, field mapping, and edge cases that raw API calls miss.ZIP package — ready to use