Available metadata for Power BI in the Microsoft Purview Data Catalog
Power BI metadata
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Here is a list of the metadata that is available for a Power BI tenant in the Microsoft Purview governance portal.
| Metadata | Population method | Source of truth | Asset type | Editable | Upstream metadata |
| Classification | Manual | Microsoft Purview | All types | Yes | N/A |
| Sensitivity Labels | Automatic | Microsoft Purview | All types | No | |
| Glossary terms | Manual | Microsoft Purview | All types | Yes | N/A |
| Collection | Automatic | Microsoft Purview | All types | Yes | N/A |
| Hierarchy | Automatic | Microsoft Purview | All types | No | N/A |
| qualifiedName | Automatic | Microsoft Purview | All types | No | N/A |
| Asset Description | Automatic/Manual* | Microsoft Purview | All types | Yes | N/A |
| Contacts - Expert | Manual | Microsoft Purview | All types | Yes | N/A |
| Contacts - Owner | Manual | Microsoft Purview | All types | Yes | N/A |
| name | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Dashboard | Yes | dashboard.DisplayName |
| isReadOnly | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Dashboard | No | dashboard.IsReadOnly |
| embedUrl | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Dashboard | No | dashboard.EmbedUrl |
| tileNames | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Dashboard | No | TileTitles |
| users | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Dashboard | No | dashboard.Users |
| Lineage | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Dashboard | No | N/A |
| name | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Dataflow | Yes | dataflow.Name |
| description | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Dataflow | Yes | dataflow.Description |
| configuredBy | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Dataflow | No | dataflow.ConfiguredBy |
| modifiedBy | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Dataflow | No | dataflow.ModifiedBy |
| modifiedDateTime | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Dataflow | No | dataflow.ModifiedDateTime |
| Endorsement | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Dataflow | No | dataflow.EndorsementDetails |
| users | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Dataflow | No | dataflow.Users |
| Lineage | Automatic | Microsoft Purview | Power BI Dataflow | No | |
| name | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Datamart | Yes | datamart.Name |
| description | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Datamart | Yes | datamart.Description |
| configuredBy | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Datamart | No | datamart.ConfiguredBy |
| modifiedBy | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Datamart | No | datamart.ModifiedBy |
| modifiedDateTime | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Datamart | No | datamart.ModifiedDateTime |
| Endorsement | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Datamart | No | datamart.EndorsementDetails |
| users | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Datamart | No | datamart.Users |
| Lineage | Automatic | Microsoft Purview | Power BI Datamart | No | |
| name | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Dataset | Yes | dataset.Name |
| description | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Dataset | Yes | dataset.Description |
| isRefreshable | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Dataset | No | dataset.IsRefreshable |
| configuredBy | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Dataset | No | dataset.ConfiguredBy |
| contentProviderType | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Dataset | No | dataset.ContentProviderType |
| createdDate | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Dataset | No | dataset.CreatedDateTime |
| targetStorageMode | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Dataset | No | dataset.TargetStorageMode |
| Schema | Automatic/Manual | Power BI | Power BI Dataset | tables & columns | |
| Endorsement | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Dataset | No | dataset.EndorsementDetails |
| users | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Dataset | No | dataset.Users |
| Lineage | Automatic | Microsoft Purview | Power BI Dataset | No | |
| name | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Report | Yes | report.Name |
| description | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Report | Yes | report.Description |
| createdDateTime | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Report | No | report.CreatedDateTime |
| webUrl | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Report | No | report.WebUrl |
| embedUrl | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Report | No | report.EmbedUrl |
| PBIDatasetId | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Report | No | report.DatasetId |
| modifiedBy | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Report | No | report.ModifiedBy |
| modifiedDateTime | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Report | No | report.ModifiedDateTime |
| reportType | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Report | No | report.ReportType |
| Endorsement | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Report | No | report.EndorsementDetails |
| users | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Report | No | report.Users |
| Lineage | Automatic | Microsoft Purview | Power BI Report | No | N/A |
| name | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Workspace | Yes | workspace.Name |
| description | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Workspace | Yes | workspace.Description |
| state | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Workspace | No | workspace.State |
| type | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Workspace | No | ResourceType.Workspace |
| IsReadOnly | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Workspace | No | workspace.IsReadOnly |
| IsOnDedicatedCapacity | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Workspace | No | workspace.IsOnDedicatedCapacity |
| users | Automatic | Power BI | Power BI Workspace | No | workspace.Users |
Available metadata for Power BI in the Microsoft Purview governance portal | Microsoft Learn
