Available metadata for Power BI in the Microsoft Purview Data Catalog
Note
The Microsoft Purview Data Catalog is changing its name to Microsoft Purview Unified Catalog. All the features will stay the same. You'll see the name change when the new Microsoft Purview Data Governance experience is generally available in your region. Check the name in your region.
This article has a list of the metadata that is available for a Power BI tenant in the Microsoft Purview governance portal.
Power BI
| 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 |