Datasets - Update Datasources

Reference

Service:: Power BI REST APIs

API Version:: v1.0

Updates the data sources of the specified dataset from My workspace.

Note

We recommend using enhanced dataset metadata with this API call.

Important

The original data source and the new data source must have the exact same schema.
If you're using enhanced dataset metadata, refresh the dataset to get data from the new data sources.
If you're not using enhanced dataset metadata, wait 30 minutes for the update data sources operation to complete, and then refresh the dataset.

Permissions

The user must be the dataset owner.

Limitations

Datasets created or modified using the public XMLA endpoint aren't supported. To make changes to those data sources, the admin must use the Azure Analysis Services client library for Tabular Object Model.
Only these data sources are supported: SQL Server, Azure SQL Server, Azure Analysis Services, Azure Synapse, OData, SharePoint, Teradata, and SAP HANA. For other data sources, use the Update Parameters API call.
Changing the data source type isn't supported.
Data sources that contain parameters in the connection string aren't supported.
Updating data sources that are part of merged or joined tables is only supported if you're using enhanced dataset metadata.
For an Advanced Query that references multiple data sources, only the first data source will be updated. To overcome this limitation, define the data source as a parameter and use the Update Parameters API call.
Datasets with incremental refresh policy are not fully supported, calling this API may not work as expected and result of partial datasources update, to overcome this you can try run a dataset refresh before calling this API.

Required Scope

Dataset.ReadWrite.All

POST https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/datasets/{datasetId}/Default.UpdateDatasources

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
datasetId	path	True	string	The dataset ID

Request Body

Name	Required	Type	Description
updateDetails	True	UpdateDatasourceConnectionRequest[]	An array of data source connection update requests

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK		OK

Examples

Example

Sample request

POST https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/datasets/cfafbeb1-8037-4d0c-896e-a46fb27ff229/Default.UpdateDatasources

Request Body

{
  "updateDetails": [
    {
      "datasourceSelector": {
        "datasourceType": "Sql",
        "connectionDetails": {
          "server": "My-Sql-Server",
          "database": "My-Sql-Database"
        }
      },
      "connectionDetails": {
        "server": "New-Sql-Server",
        "database": "New-Sql-Database"
      }
    },
    {
      "datasourceSelector": {
        "datasourceType": "OData",
        "connectionDetails": {
          "url": "http://services.odata.org/V4/Northwind/Northwind.svc"
        }
      },
      "connectionDetails": {
        "url": "http://services.odata.org/V4/Odata/Northwind.svc"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Sample response

Status code:: 200

Definitions

Name	Description
Datasource	A Power BI data source
DatasourceConnectionDetails	The Power BI data source connection details. See examples in Get Datasources or Get Datasources In Group.
UpdateDatasourceConnectionRequest	Power BI dataset data source connection update request
UpdateDatasourcesRequest	Power BI dataset data sources update request

Datasource

A Power BI data source

Name	Type	Description
connectionDetails	DatasourceConnectionDetails	The data source connection details
connectionString	string	(Deprecated) The data source connection string. Available only for DirectQuery.
datasourceId	string	The bound data source ID, which is empty when not bound to a gateway
datasourceType	string	The data source type
gatewayId	string	The bound gateway ID, which is empty when not bound to a gateway. When using a gateway cluster, the gateway ID refers to the primary (first) gateway in the cluster and is similar to the gateway cluster ID.
name	string	(Deprecated) The data source name. Available only for DirectQuery.

DatasourceConnectionDetails

The Power BI data source connection details. See examples in Get Datasources or Get Datasources In Group.

Name	Type	Description
account	string	The connection account
classInfo	string	The connection class information
database	string	The connection database
domain	string	The connection domain
emailAddress	string	The connection email address
kind	string	The connection kind
loginServer	string	The connection login server
path	string	The connection path
server	string	The connection server
url	string	The connection URL

UpdateDatasourceConnectionRequest

Power BI dataset data source connection update request

Name	Type	Description
connectionDetails	DatasourceConnectionDetails	The target connection details of the updated data source
datasourceSelector	Datasource	The connection details of the data source that needs update. This is mandatory when a dataset has more than one data source.

UpdateDatasourcesRequest

Power BI dataset data sources update request

Name	Type	Description
updateDetails	UpdateDatasourceConnectionRequest[]	An array of data source connection update requests

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