Dynamics 365 Environment missing in PowerBI Dataverse Connector

Dataverse is the name of the Dynamics 365 Apps database (e.g. Sales, Service, Field Services, etc.). PowerBI desktop comes with a builtin Dataverse connector. However, if you have multiple environments not all of them may show up in the connector.

Dataverse environment missing in PowerBI connector
Dataverse environment missing in PowerBI connector

In order to make the environment visible in PowerBI Desktop Dataverse Connector you have to enable PowerBI Embedded in your environment.

  1. Open Power Apps Admin Center https://admin.powerplatform.microsoft.com/
  2. Select the missing environment
  3. Open Settings (gear icon on the top)
  4. Search for TDS and open the Datastream Endpoint Configuration page
  5. In the group Embedded enable embedded PowerBI visuals
Enable PowerBI embedded visuals to see the Dataverse environment in the PowerBI connector
Enable PowerBI embedded visuals to see the Dataverse environment in the PowerBI connector

Now when you open PowerBI Desktop and use the Dataverse Connector you should see the missing environment.

Missing Dynamics 365 Dataverse environment is now visible in PowerBI Dataverse connector
Missing Dynamics 365 Dataverse environment is now visible in PowerBI Dataverse connector

About erpcoder
Azure Cloud Architect and Dynamics 365 enthusiast working in Research & Development for InsideAx

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