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title: "Step 5: Connect Power BI (PowerShell)"
canonical: "https://cloudmonitor.ai/docs/installing-cloudmonitor/powershell-step-5-download-connect-power-bi-cloudmonitor-analytics-engine/"
description: "Azure PowerShell automation for Step 5: download the CloudMonitor Power BI App from Microsoft AppSource and wire it to your Analytics Engine in one script."
---

For a step-by-step guide to download the CloudMonitor Power BI App from the Microsoft AppSource Marketplace. Please refer to these instructions [_**Download the CloudMonitor App into Power BI : CloudMonitor Helpdesk**_](/docs/installing-cloudmonitor/download-cloudmonitor-app-into-power-bi-2/)**_._**

  

To connect Power BI to CloudMonitor Analytics Engine, you need to send us an email first requesting your Power BI login credentials. 

  

**_Note_**_: You will not be able to connect the Power BI reports to SQL without contacting our support staff as we need to configure the CloudMonitor Analytics Engine first in order to give you your personal credentials._ 

  

If you already have your Power BI login credentials, you can now proceed to connect your data to view your Azure costs. 

## Connecting the PowerBI Reporting to the Analytics Engine
### Step 1: Click “Connect your data”
**From the Power BI Report dashboard, click on the “Connect your data” link found at the topmost part of the page:** 

  

**![Power BI report dashboard banner with the "Connect your data" link at the top of the page](../../../../assets/docs/installing-cloudmonitor/powershell-step-5-download-connect-power-bi-cloudmonitor-analytics-engine-01.png)**

### Step 2: Enter your CustomerId
**After sending an email, you will receive an email containing the CustomerId and Credentials. Here’s an example data:** 

-   _CustomerId: jlxsh356ljzqc_
    
-   _Password: YourUniquePassword_
    

  

**Enter your CustomerId (it will look something like this: __jlxsh356ljzqc__) into the popup screen.**

  

**Ensure that your daily refresh is set to “On” then hit “Next”.** 

**![Power BI Connect to data dialog requesting the CustomerId and daily refresh toggle set to On](../../../../assets/docs/installing-cloudmonitor/powershell-step-5-download-connect-power-bi-cloudmonitor-analytics-engine-02.png)**

### Step 3: Enter your Credentials (Step No. 1 of 2)
Leave the Authentication Method as “Basic” and copy the Username (Default Username - CloudMonitor) and Password into the textbox. Then set the Privacy level settings as “Organizational“ and click “Sign in and connect”. 

**![Power BI credentials dialog with Basic authentication, username CloudMonitor, and Organizational privacy level](../../../../assets/docs/installing-cloudmonitor/powershell-step-5-download-connect-power-bi-cloudmonitor-analytics-engine-03.png)**

### Step 4:** **Enter your Credentials (Step No. 2 of 2)
After clicking "Sign in and Connect" another dialog will open, Select Privacy level settings as “Organizational “. Then, enter the same Username and credentials used in the previous step. Leave the Authentication Method as “Basic”. 

  

******![Second Power BI credentials dialog where the same Basic auth username and password are re-entered](../../../../assets/docs/installing-cloudmonitor/powershell-step-5-download-connect-power-bi-cloudmonitor-analytics-engine-04.png)******  

### Step 5: Click on “Sign in and connect”
**After you click on “Sign in and connect,” your Power BI report will refresh and show you your own cost insights.** 

  

**![Power BI dataset refreshing after connection, ready to display the customer's own Azure cost insights](../../../../assets/docs/installing-cloudmonitor/powershell-step-5-download-connect-power-bi-cloudmonitor-analytics-engine-05.jpeg)**

**Note: This can take from 5 minutes to 45 minutes depending on the size of your Azure estate.** 

  

  

**Index:**

-   [Overview](/docs/installing-cloudmonitor/powershell-instructions-installing-cloudmonitor-start-here/)
-   [Step 1: Download the CloudMonitor Analytics Engine in Azure](/docs/installing-cloudmonitor/powershell-step-1-download-cloudmonitor-analytics-engine-azure/)
-   [Step 2: Configure Azure Synapse](/docs/installing-cloudmonitor/powershell-step-2-configure-azure-synapse/)
-   [Step 3: Configure Permissions](/docs/installing-cloudmonitor/powershell-step-3-configure-permissions/) 
-   [Step 4: Raise a Support Ticket](/docs/installing-cloudmonitor/powershell-step-4-raise-support-ticket/)
-   Step 5: This article
-   [Step 6: Configure the Admin App, Cost Groups and Budgets](/docs/installing-cloudmonitor/powershell-step-6-configuring-service-principal-admin-app-access/)