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UmeshGoti
Helper I
1 year ago

Generate Power BI Report from Rest API including Visual part

Hi all Currently i have requirement to generate Power BI report(including visual part) through it's rest APIs.
for that currently i am following below steps
1. Creating power bi template without any datasource in power bi desktop(empty bar chart)
2. uploading that pbix file on power bi service(POST: https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/groups/{groupID}/imports?datasetDisplayName=FirstTemplate
3. Create new Dataset on Power BI Service (https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/groups/{groupID}/datasets
4. insert data in dataset (created in previous step)
5. Binding Dataset(of previous step) to Report(uploaded in step-2) (POST : https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/groups/{groupID}/reports/{reportId}/Rebind)
Request Body : 

{
  "datasetId": "123-345-68-890"
}

Ref : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/power-bi/

using above steps i am able to upload pbix file, create dataset, insert data into dataset, bind dataset with pbix report
but visual is not showing
can someone help me to solve above issue to dynamically sepecify which columns of dataset i can use as x-axis and y-axis on visual part
or let me know correct way to achieve this 

Thanks everyone in advance!!

 

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1 Reply

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    1 year ago

    Hi UmeshGoti ,

    Base on my research, there is no REST API to configure the visual fields directly. You can open the report in Power BI Desktop or Power BI Service and manually adjust the visuals to ensure they correctly reflect the new dataset's schema.

    Best Regards