Skip to main content
cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

Earn the coveted Fabric Analytics Engineer certification. 100% off your exam for a limited time only!

Reply
Anonymous
Not applicable

Connect PowerBI REST API (PowerBIPS)

Hi,

This my first time trying to configure PowerBI REST API and I'm having some problems to connect.

I'm trying to use PowerBIPS. (https://ruiromanoblog.wordpress.com/tag/powerbips/)

https://github.com/DevScope/powerbi-powershell-modules/blob/master/Modules/PowerBIPS/PowerBIPS.md

 

- I created an an App at https://dev.powerbi.com/apps as Server-side web application (don't know what configure in url; we use PowerBI Online)

- I got my client_id and secret_id

- I gave all the permissions

 

2020-07-22_17h20_54.png
When I try to run: 

 

 

Install-Module -Name PowerBIPS

#PBI-PowerBIPS
$tenantId = "ab96XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXda9ada1"
$clientId = "b3d7XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX160e0f4" 
$clientSecret = "_Jti.XXXX-XXXXfCfG"
#url: http://localhost:1234/resirect.aspx

$authToken = Get-PBIAuthToken -clientId $clientId -clientSecret $clientSecret -tenantId $tenantId

$reports = Get-PBIReport -authToken $authToken -groupId "8e921e7f-50d5-4068-88bc-157a0f1a62ec" -Verbose

 

 

I get the error:

 

VERBOSE: Getting Reports
VERBOSE: GET https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/groups/50224abf-8c80-4644-88e4-e3f38078245b/reports with 0-byte payload
Invoke-PBIRequest : The remote server returned an error: (401) Unauthorized. - ''
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerBIPS\2.0.4.2\PowerBIPS.psm1:621 char:16
+ ... reports = @(Invoke-PBIRequest -authToken $authToken -method Get -reso ...
+                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WebException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Net.WebException,Invoke-PBIRequest
VERBOSE: Found 0 reports.

 

What I'm missing?

 

I even tried to follow this setps: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/developer/embedded/embed-service-principal

But I couldn't do step 4. Shows different.

In workspace members if I search for the App, showes nothing.

 

I really need your help.

Please, try explain with details, because really don't understand any of this.

Thanks

5 REPLIES 5
lbendlin
Super User
Super User

What's your reasoning for using PowerBIPS ?  Would you be willing to run native Powershell instead?

 

This thread has most fo the details.

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Service/Power-BI-REST-API-gives-403-error/m-p/1232096#M102893

Anonymous
Not applicable

Thanks @lbendlin.

We publish 5-6 reports per week. To do this we have to open pbix file in PowerBI Desktop, in datasource change staging sql server to production sql server, and do the same to login and password. 

I want to automate this. After a search in google found that PowerBIPS allows me to do this.

Do you have any other suggestion to make this?

There are multiple options:

 

The standard InvokeRestApiCall commands can do the same. 

You can use data source parameters on the service

Deployment Pipelines may be an alternative if you are on Premium. 

Also look into ALMToolkit.

Anonymous
Not applicable

Any examples on how can I use any of this options?

Thanks.

The standard InvokeRestApiCall commands can do the same. 

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Service/Power-BI-REST-API-gives-403-error/m-p/1232096#M102893

 

You can use data source parameters on the service

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/connect-data/service-parameters

 

Deployment Pipelines may be an alternative if you are on Premium. 

https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-power-bi-deployment-pipelines-preview/

 

Also look into ALMToolkit.

http://alm-toolkit.com/

Helpful resources

Announcements
April AMA free

Microsoft Fabric AMA Livestream

Join us Tuesday, April 09, 9:00 – 10:00 AM PST for a live, expert-led Q&A session on all things Microsoft Fabric!

March Fabric Community Update

Fabric Community Update - March 2024

Find out what's new and trending in the Fabric Community.