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Programatically start/stop Azure PowerBI capacity for PowerBI Embedded
Hi all.
Here is the documentation:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/power-bi-embedded/capacities
Here is guide for setting up Postman:
https://www.codit.eu/blog/2017/03/14/authenticate-postman-against-azure-service-management-api/
Wish you well!
Goddamn hate Azure by now though.... hope that changesI found the REST api documented here. It seems to be working fine.
Anonymous wrote:
With the new start/stop capacity options on Azure for PowerBI, can I start and stop the capacity from a .net app or powershell?
I understand that I can pause capacity in the Azure Portal, but would like to be able to pause/start capacity using an API call.
Anonymous
There might be. The legency documentation is not updated. I'm going to consult this internally and would post back if there comes any update.
I was wondering the same thing, and I found this:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/power-bi-embedded/pause-start
...Which is for databases, but the API implies it is for "pausing compute" which would probably be the same thing as powerbi embedded?
Edit: Wrong link - I meant this: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sql-data-warehouse/sql-data-warehouse-manage-compute-rest-api#pause-compute
I agree that the call looks like it is generic, but the description and example point to only SQL Server. Would be nice to get an official response from MS on this matter. We can't afford to have the PowerBI service up and running all the time, but would like to be able to script a 'go to sleep/wake up' task.
Same boat.....There is a world of difference between £7.50/user and £560/month. I'm pretty sure as it is a standard Azure Portal resource, the standard azure Portal API will apply to it. In fact, iirc, the portal uses the API in the same way we would anwyay.
