GET tables method is not supported for this dataset - not implemented

[schmotz]

I am trying to use the API to query the set of tables associated with a given dataset.

This works correctly on the sample dataset and on the dataset I 'created' through the API.

But, it does not work with one of my existing datasets that was tied to an Oracle datasource.

I would not think that should matter, because the data is already set up within PowerBI.

It may be that it has some rows in it that it does not understand, but the error message is not very informative:

StatusCode: 501, ReasonPhrase: 'Not Implemented'

Using the API has been a bit of a struggle so far and I was wondering if there is missing documentation concering what actually works in the API or this function?

[wlopezm]

I had a similar issue trying to insert a set of records into a table.The table belongs to a model created either with Excel (using Power Pivot / Power Query) or Power BI Desktop.

After a lot of searching and reading I found there is no currently support for some kind of operations regarding datasets and tables created outside the API.

I finally found a detailed error description using Apiary (docs.powerbi.apiary.io). It's a great tool to do testing with the API. It shows a detailed error when things go wrong. By using the API through .NET and C#, you can only see transport errors associated with the protocol: Not found, Bad request or "Not implemented".

For example, this is error generated by Apiary:

{
  "error": {
    "code": "InvalidRequest",
    "message": "Posting rows to this type of dataset is not currently supported. Please create your dataset by posting it through the API following the instructions on http://dev.powerbi.com."
  }
}