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Connect Box to Power BI

Send Box users, events, sign templates and 12 more data types to Power BI on a schedule. Refresh as often as every 15 minutes.

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How to connect Box and Power BI

4 steps. You can preview the Box data in Coupler.io before anything reaches Power BI.

Step 1 of 4

Connect Box

Enter your Box client ID and client secret. You only do this once per account.

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Step 2 of 4

Choose what to export

Pick the Box data you want in Power BI.

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User IDNot setSpecify the Box user ID to authenticate as.

Step 3 of 4

Connect Power BI

Copy the integration URL Coupler.io generates, run the data flow once, then paste the URL into Power BI Desktop under Get Data, Web.

Data set to shareUsersThe data view Power BI reads
Integration URLhttps://app.coupler.io/export/w/123456.json?access_token=••••••••Paste into Get Data, Web in Power BI Desktop

Step 4 of 4

Choose a write mode and schedule

Every run either replaces or appends the data in Power BI. Run it as often as every 15 minutes.

Write mode

Each run overwrites all data at the URL with fresh Box data.

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Understand data

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Automate data

Access data that is always up to date by enabling the automatic data refresh on a schedule as often as every 15 minutes and using triggered automation.
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Act on data

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Box to Power BI questions

15 data types, including Users, Events, Sign templates, Collections and Collection items.

With your Box client ID and client secret, entered once when you add the connection.

Coupler.io gives you a JSON integration URL. In Power BI Desktop, choose Get Data, then Web, and paste the URL.

Yes. Coupler.io updates the Box data on its schedule, and Power BI reads it on its own. Schedule the Power BI refresh to run after the Coupler.io one.

On a schedule you choose, from monthly down to every 15 minutes, depending on your Coupler.io plan.

Yes. Add more sources to the same data flow, for example Google Sheets or Airtable, and join or append them before the data reaches Power BI.

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