Power BI

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Last updated: Nov 01, 2023 by Francesca Palermino
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Contacts

  1. For data requests and inquiries that cannot be obtained by utilizing Power BI reports, please email reggia@sa.ucsb.edu

  2. For data analysis or institutional research questions, please contact Laurel Wilder (laurel.wilder@ucsb.edu). Institutional research has a dashboard containing summary data to describe students. Click on the links located under the ‘Quick Links’ Navigation menu on the right-hand side of the page to view their content: https://bap.ucsb.edu/institutional-research.

  3. For Power BI login issues, please email: support@dataservices.ucsb.edu

  4. For DUO Multifactor Authentication issues, please call (805) 893-5000 or visit: https://ithelp.ucsb.edu

  5. For additional Power BI Resources: https://dataservices.ucsb.edu/power-bi-help

Requesting Access to Power BI

  1. Users can view a list of current Power BI applications, their descriptions, and how to request access to each one by visiting the following website: https://dataservices.ucsb.edu/power-bi-additional-access

  2. By default, once any Power BI request has been placed, approved, and fulfilled for a faculty or staff member, that user will also receive automatic access to 3 default Power BI apps:

    1. Enrollment Analytics

    2. Course Analytics

    3. Program Review

Logging into Power BI

  1. Visit the Power BI service login page, here: Power BI

  2. Enter an email address. The email address should be the user’s UCSB email address in the following format: UCSBNetID@ucsb.edu (for example if the user’s UCSB NetID is ‘jdoe’, then that user would use the email address jdoe@ucsb.edu):

  3. Click the ‘Next’ button:

4. The next screen will prompt the user to enter their password. The password is the same password associated with the user’s UCSB NetID:

4. A DUO multifactor authentication push will be sent to the user's registered mobile device and will require the user to verify their identity using their mobile device. The campus IT group manages the DUO system. To report an issue, please call (805) 893-5000 or visit the following website: https://ithelp.ucsb.edu Their hours of operation are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday. 

 

For Power BI login issues unrelated to DUO, please email: support@dataservices.ucsb.edu

Power BI Resource Glossary

Troubleshooting

If you are not able to see something that you expect to within a report, ensure that all slicers are cleared.