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Parameterize Semantic Model Data Source URL
It looks like there's no way to parameterize a Power BI semantic model URL for a report. What I ended up doing is resaving the pbix files as pbip projects, and then wrote a node script to dynamically change the workspace that the semantic model points to by editing `definition.pbir`. Unfortunately there is no public API for publishing Power BI projects, so I still have to manually open Power BI Desktop to publish them to the correct workspace.
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Looking at the data returned by that API call the datasource type is `Extension`, and it returns the details of the underlying connection, which is not what I want. What I'd like is to get back the URL of the Power BI semantic model and change that with the datasource update request, but it looks like this might not be something that's possible.