Export powerbi embedded report to pdf. Does it need Azure AD?

[gbiscini]

I am trying to export a power BI embedded report to pdf or pptx. 

I am following this link of the documentation: 

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/developer/embedded/export-to 

It seems to fit what i need but there are some complications i don't understand.

It doesn't seems to address the complexity of creating the object Client:

// The 'Client' object is an instance of the Power BI .NET SDK
var export = await Client.Reports.ExportToFileInGroupAsync(groupId, reportId, exportRequest);

this seems to be an object of the class PowerBIClient, that to be instanziated needs a Uri and a TokenCredential.

For obtaining this token it seems that the only way is to have the report as an app on Azure AD.

Here my question: is this true? The only way to authenticate is to have an app on Azure AD, or i can export the report even without it?

[v-rzhou-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @gbiscini 

Export report from Power BI Embed need authentication.

You can authenticate using a user (or master user) or a service principal.

For reference: Export Power BI embedded analytics reports API - Power BI | Microsoft Docs

Best Regards,

Rico Zhou

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