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Install BI Endpoints

BI Endpoints is installed from Microsoft AppSource into a Business Central environment. After installation, three things make the endpoints usable from outside Business Central:

  1. Install the extension and give administrators access (this page).
  2. Create an app registration that tools authenticate with, and allow it in Business Central — see App registration and permissions.
  3. Activate the subscription on the BI Endpoints Setup page — see BI Endpoints Setup.

Requirements​

RequirementDetails
Business CentralPlatform and application 26.0 or later
To installPermission to install extensions in the environment
DependenciesNone — BI Endpoints builds only on Microsoft's base applications

Install from Microsoft AppSource​

  1. Navigate to Microsoft AppSource.
  2. Search for BI Endpoints.
  3. Click Free trial and sign in with your Microsoft account.
  4. Select the Business Central environment where you want to install the extension.
  5. Review and accept the permissions required by the extension.
  6. Wait for the installation to complete (this may take a few minutes).

Or install from within Business Central​

  1. Open Business Central and navigate to the Extension Management page.
  2. Click Marketplace in the ribbon.
  3. Search for BI Endpoints and select the extension.
  4. Click Install and follow the prompts.

Give administrators access​

Assign the DTW BI Endpoints Adm permission set (BI Endpoints - Admin) to the Business Central users who should manage the application:

  1. Open Users.
  2. Open the user and add the DTW BI Endpoints Adm permission set.

With it, a user can open the BI Endpoints list, the BI Endpoints Setup page and the Custom BI Endpoints page. The app registration that reads the data gets a different permission set; see Permissions.

Verify the install​

  • Extension Management lists BI Endpoints by Datawareness ApS as installed.
  • Searching for BI Endpoints in Business Central opens the list of endpoints. See Explore the endpoints.

Next​

Create the app registration and assign permissions.