Azure Active Directory Settings

This section explains what are the Azure Active Directory details needed and how to configure Azure Active Directory with the Bold BI to import users and groups from the Azure Active Directory.

Steps to register Bold BI application in Azure Active Directory to import users and groups

1. Login to the Azure Portal.

2. Enter into the respective Azure Active Directory. Click App registrations in the left side menu and then click New registration to add a new application.

   

3. Enter the name of the application and choose the following options,

   • Accounts in any organizational directory (Any Azure AD directory - Multitenant) as Supported account types.
   • Web under the Redirect URI(optional) section for Bold BI web and Public client/native(mobile & desktop) for Bold BI mobile application. Enter the Redirect URI and then click Register.

   

   The application will be added to the directory and you can view the details of the application in the App registrations.

4. Select Branding in the left side menu and enter the Home page URL and click Save.

   

5. Select Certificates & secrets to add client secret by clicking the New client secret as in the following screenshot.

   

   NOTE: Save the client secret value generated.

6. Go to API permissions, click Add a permission, and then select the APIs my organization uses. Then click Microsoft Graph.

   Application Permissions
   Directory	Read directory data
   Delegated Permissions
   1. Directory	Read directory data, Access directory as the signed in user
   2. Group	Read all groups
   3. User	Read and write access to user profile
   4. OpenId permissions	View user's basic profile

   Select the above listed permissions and add it.

7. After adding the permissions, click Grant admin consent to grant the admin consent for these permissions.

   

Configure Azure Active Directory details in Bold BI to import users and groups

You will need the following Azure Active Directory details to configure Bold BI with your Azure Active Directory.

NOTE: Enabling Import users from groups setting will import and synchronize users when importing and synchronizing groups with Azure AD. Enable this setting if you need to import users from your Azure AD groups.

• Tenant Name: It is the default domain name of your Active Directory. Go to the created Azure Active Directory and copy the domain name.

  

• Client ID: It is the Client Id of the Bold BI application in your Azure Active Directory. Go to the registered application and then copy the Application Id in the Overview and paste it here.

  

• Client Secret Code: It is the secure key of the Bold BI application you created in your Azure Active Directory. Go to the Certificates & secrets and search for the Keys you saved for the application and then choose the Value.