Merge pull request #248635 from v-jbasden/v-jbasden-logs-content-inventory-line-48

Authoring new guidance on the prerequisites and permissions required to integrate Log Analytics with Power BI

Author: prmerger-automator[bot]

articles/azure-monitor/logs/log-powerbi.md

@@ -17,6 +17,18 @@ This article explains how to feed data from Log Analytics into Power BI to produ
 > [!NOTE]
 > You can use free Power BI features to integrate and create reports and dashboards. More advanced features, such as sharing your work, scheduled refreshes, dataflows, and incremental refresh might require purchasing a Power BI Pro or Premium account. For more information, see [Learn more about Power BI pricing and features](https://powerbi.microsoft.com/pricing/).
 
+## Prerequisites
+
+- To export the query to a .txt file that you can use in Power BI Desktop, you need [Power BI Desktop](https://powerbi.microsoft.com/desktop/).
+- To create a new dataset based on your query directly in the Power BI service:
+  - You need a Power BI account.
+  - You must give permission in Azure for the Power BI service to write logs. For more information, see [Prerequisites to configure Azure Log Analytics for Power BI](/power-bi/transform-model/log-analytics/desktop-log-analytics-configure#prerequisites).
+
+## Permissions required
+
+- To export the query to a .txt file that you can use in Power BI Desktop, you need `Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces/query/*/read` permissions to the Log Analytics workspaces you query, as provided by the [Log Analytics Reader built-in role](./manage-access.md#log-analytics-reader), for example.
+- To create a new dataset based on your query directly in the Power BI service, you need `Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces/write` permissions to the Log Analytics workspaces you query, as provided by the [Log Analytics Contributor built-in role](./manage-access.md#log-analytics-contributor), for example.
+
 ## Create Power BI datasets and reports from Log Analytics queries
 
 From the **Export** menu in Log Analytics, select one of the two options for creating Power BI datasets and reports from your Log Analytics queries: