Bubble.io and Microsoft Power BI integration: Step-by-Step Guide 2024

Integrating Bubble.io with Microsoft Power BI allows you to share data between the two platforms for effective data manipulation, analysis, and visualization. The following is a step by step guide on how you can achieve this:

Step 1: Setup Bubble.io
For you to integrate with Microsoft Power BI, you need to have a functional Bubble.io account and at least one running application. If you are new to Bubble.io, follow these steps:

1. Visit Bubble.io website and create an account if you don't have one.
2. After successfully creating an account, navigate to your dashboard and click on 'New Application'.
3. Fill in the required details to create your new application.

Step 2: Set up API in your Bubble.io application
Bubble.io makes use of APIs to allow proper integration with Microsoft Power BI, so you have to set this up in your application.

1. Navigate to your Bubble.io App Editor.
2. Go to the 'Settings' tab.
3. Click on the 'API' section.
4. You should enable the options- 'This app exposes a Data API', 'This app exposes a Workflow API' to allow you set endpoints later.
5. Save your settings.

Step 3: Expose specific data to your API
Now you have to specify which data in your app will be exposed to the API.

1. Go to the 'Data' tab in your App Editor.
2. Click on the 'Privacy' section.
3. Add and select the data types you want to expose.
4. Save your settings.

Step 4: Set up and Enable API endpoints
Here, you will set up the paths API uses to interact with or retrieve data from your application.

1. Go to the 'Backend' section in the App Editor.
2. Click on the '+ New Endpoint' button.
3. Enter your endpoint name in the form that appears (avoid using spaces or complex characters).
4. Set the 'Type' to 'Get', since Power BI will be retrieving data.
5. In the 'Define Privacy Rules' section, select the data types that you want the users to have access to.
6. Save your new endpoint.

Step 5: Set up Microsoft Power BI
The next step is to have your Power BI account set up and ready.

1. Visit Power BI site and sign in using your Microsoft account.
2. If you don't have an account, sign up and follow the process to create a new one.
3. Once done, navigate to your Power BI workspace.

Step 6: Connect Bubble.io API to Power BI
This is where the integration happens. Follow these steps.

1. In Power BI, go to 'Get Data'.
2. In the pop-up menu, navigate to 'Other' and select 'Web'.
3. Paste the Bubble.io API URL. You can retrieve this from the settings in your Bubble.io editor. The API URL is in the format: https://yourappname.bubbleapps.io/version-test/api/1.1/obj/datatype.
4. Then, click on 'Connect'.
5. You'll then see a prompt to enter your API key. Enter the key you have from Bubble.io, and click 'Connect'.
6. Once done successfully, you can now pull data from Bubble.js into Power BI and create visual reports.

Doing this effectively lets you visualize your Bubble.io data in Power BI. You can now easily manipulate and create beautiful data visualizations as per your necessity.