# Discourse Data Explorer Power BI integration

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-data-explorer-power-bi-integration/159577>\
**Category:** Administrators\
**Tags:** tutorial, platforms\
**Created:** [August 2, 2020, 12:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-data-explorer-power-bi-integration/159577 "2020-08-02T12:44:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![loginerror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/loginerror/32/156605_2.png) [@loginerror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/loginerror)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 3:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-data-explorer-power-bi-integration/159577/13 "2021-06-04T15:17:10Z")

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> [@dinoscool3](#):
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> my username, and my password

You should not use your Forum user credentials, but an API key that you can grab from Admin → API

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/6/c/6ca8196ae525a73a73f6e7e63a3df29d3cc0f79c.png)

> [@dinoscool3](#):
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> EDIT: I’m also a bit confused with the updated query for pulling all the data. Do I have to export as a CSV first? This isn’t a live link?

I wouldn’t start with this method before understanding the original one because it’s basically one giant workaround to get a lot of data at once.

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