Connect Power BI to Raycast
Give Raycast governed access to Power BI’s 4 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.
Set up
Add Power BI to Raycast in four steps
Admins approve the server once. Everyone in Raycast then gets it through the same governed connection.
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Add Power BI to Runlayer
Power BI isn’t in the Runlayer catalog yet, so an admin adds it by its MCP server URL.
Adding a connector manually - 2
Connect Raycast to Runlayer
Users add the Runlayer Plugin to Raycast by following Runlayer’s setup guide. Raycast reaches Power BI’s 4 tools through the Runlayer Plugin’s search and execute tools instead of listing each one.
Raycast setup guide - 3
Sign in to Power BI
Sign in the way Power BI requires. Runlayer holds the credentials so they stay out of the client’s configuration.
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Use Power BI from Raycast
Power BI’s approved tools appear in Raycast. Every call is checked against policy and recorded.
Tools
4 Power BI tools in Raycast
Runlayer policy decides which of these Raycast users can call.
Execute query
Executes a DAX query and return the results.
Generate query
Generates a DAX query using the relevant parts of the model schema.
Get report metadata
Retrieves the high-level schema of a Power BI report, including workspace information, semantic model details, pages, visual information, and filters.
Get semantic model schema
Retrieves comprehensive metadata for a specified semantic model, including the serialized schema, custom instructions provided by the model author, and verified answers when available.
Control
What Runlayer can see and stop in Raycast
Some controls apply to every client at the gateway. Others depend on what Raycast exposes to Runlayer.
Gateway policy (available)
Every Power BI call from Raycast passes through Runlayer, where your policies can allow, alert, mask, or block it.
Audit trail (available)
Each call is recorded with the user, Raycast as the client, the tool, and the policy and scanner decisions.
Native enforcement adapter (not available)
Runlayer has no device-side adapter for Raycast yet, so control happens at the gateway.
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