Microsoft Power BI for ChatGPT

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OpenAI
Data & Analytics
New & Noteworthy
Desktop only

Open in ChatGPT

Official listing on chatgpt.com

Example prompts

3 from the official listing

Microsoft Power BI Explain this Power BI report, including its filters and underlying data.
Microsoft Power BI Create a report from this semantic model and pin the key visuals to a dashboard.
Microsoft Power BI Update this report's visuals and publish it to the workspace I specify.

Mention Microsoft Power BI by name in your message, as the official examples do.

How to use Microsoft Power BI in ChatGPT

Open Microsoft Power BI in ChatGPT’s plugin directory

Open Microsoft Power BI’s page on chatgpt.com in the ChatGPT desktop app, since it is marked Desktop only. Sign in to ChatGPT if you are not already.
Install it from that page

Choose Install plugin there. It adds 1 skill to ChatGPT. Since it is listed with Read and Write access, it may ask you to connect the account it works with.
Mention Microsoft Power BI in a chat

Start a new chat and name it in your request, for example: “Microsoft Power BI, explain this Power BI report, including its filters and underlying data.”

Availability can depend on your ChatGPT plan, your region and, on work accounts, your admin’s settings.

What Microsoft Power BI does

Use Power BI, a Microsoft Fabric service, to explore reports, build visuals, and publish dashboards in your browser. Requires local browser access in ChatGPT Desktop or desktop Codex; not available on web, mobile, or cloud-backed tasks. Built and maintained by OpenAI. Uses the organization's web interface and the signed-in account's existing permissions; browser availability, product edition, and role determine supported actions. No API or MCP connection is included.

From the official listing, written by OpenAI.

1 skill included

Packaged instructions ChatGPT follows for a specific task when Microsoft Power BI is in use.

Power bi

What Microsoft Power BI can access

Shows its own interface: Microsoft Power BI can draw views such as lists, cards, players or forms inside the chat, not only reply in text. Listed as Interactive.
Reads your data: Microsoft Power BI can look up information, for example from an account you connect, and bring it into the chat. Listed as Read.
Makes changes for you: Microsoft Power BI can create or change things outside the chat on your behalf, not only read them. Listed as Write.
Where it runs: Marked Desktop only: it works in the ChatGPT desktop app, not on the web or phone.

Before you connect it

OpenAI’s plugin pages note that a connected plugin may receive relevant parts of your chats to answer a request, and that OpenAI’s own terms and privacy policy then cover that data. You can disconnect a plugin later in ChatGPT’s settings. Read the privacy policy (openai.com) and terms (openai.com).

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Microsoft Power BI in ChatGPT: questions and answers

What does Microsoft Power BI do in ChatGPT?

What can I ask Microsoft Power BI in ChatGPT?

The official listing suggests prompts like: “Explain this Power BI report, including its filters and underlying data”; “Create a report from this semantic model and pin the key visuals to a dashboard”; “Update this report's visuals and publish it to the workspace I specify”.

How do I use Microsoft Power BI in ChatGPT?

Open Microsoft Power BI’s page in ChatGPT’s plugin directory on chatgpt.com and install it there from the ChatGPT desktop app, since it is marked Desktop only. Then mention Microsoft Power BI in a chat, for example: “Explain this Power BI report, including its filters and underlying data”.

What skills come with Microsoft Power BI?

1 skill: Power bi.

Who makes the Microsoft Power BI plugin?

OpenAI, currently at version 0.1.4. Best GPT Apps is an independent directory and is not affiliated with OpenAI.

Can Microsoft Power BI change my data?

Yes. Its listing states Write access as well as Read, so it can create or change things on your behalf, not only read them.

Is Microsoft Power BI one of the old ChatGPT plugins from 2023?

No. The 2023 ChatGPT plugins were a separate beta that OpenAI has since retired. Today’s ChatGPT plugins are the apps directory under a new name: since July 2026 a plugin can bundle apps, skills and MCP servers.