Connecting Bitsight & Microsoft Power BI Desktop

The Microsoft Power BI integration allows you to easily pull Bitsight data into Microsoft Power BI for further analysis and dashboard creation.

Requirements

• An active Bitsight account with API access
• At least the March 2021 release of Power BI Desktop or greater
• An active Power BI account with a March 2021 release or later
• Power BI for Desktop

Connection Instructions

1. Search for “Bitsight” in the Get Data window [Power BI ➔ Get Data (located in the Home ribbon) ➔ More].
2. (Initial Connection) If this is the first time you are getting the data through the Connector, a prompt will appear to inform you of the connection to a third-party service. Select Continue.
3. Provide your Bitsight API token in the API Authentication window. We recommend using a company API token as the associated My Company is based on it.
4. Use the Navigator dialog box to preview and create an output. You may select multiple data points using the following preview options:

   • Load = Bring the entire table into Power BI Desktop.

     Loading can take several minutes, especially if findings data is included.

   • Transform Data = Open the Power Query Editor to edit the query. Filter and refine the set of data and then load that refined set of data into Power BI Desktop.