Forum Discussion

rdaudt2021's avatar
rdaudt2021
Helper I
5 years ago
Solved

Refresh power bi report from SSIS

Hi.

 

We are working with Power BI Server (on-prem). For this particular report, we are importing data into the pbix file. 

Our ETL is done with SSIS. What we want is the Power Bi Report to be refreshed only when ETL completes successfully. 

In other words, we would like SSIS to trigger the Power BI report refresh. Has anybody done it? 

Thanks for any help with this.

Roque

  • ForcaTaico's avatar
    ForcaTaico
    5 years ago

    Hi,

     

    One option is to use execute a PowerShell script in SSIS.

     

    Credit to Cataster on stackoverflow: powershell - How to refresh a PowerBI Report? - Stack Overflow

    # Retrieve the scheduled refresh data for a specific report and set it to a variable to get the Id value
    $refreshplan = Invoke-RestMethod -UseDefaultCredentials <# -Credential $creds #> -uri "[ReportServerURL]/reports/api/v2.0/PowerBIReports(path='[REPORTPATH]')/CacheRefreshPlans" 
    
    # This is how you can reference the Id value in the results from above
    $refreshplan.value.Id
    $refreshplan.value.LastRunTime
    $refreshplan.value.LastStatus
    
    # Using the above Id value, create the URI string to run the Model.Execute method
    try {
        $refreshuri = "[ReportServerURL]/reports/api/v2.0/CacheRefreshPlans(" + $refreshplan.value.Id + ")/Model.Execute"
    }
    catch {$error[0]}
    
    # Invoke the Model.Execute method to start the scheduled refresh for the PBIX report
    Invoke-RestMethod -UseDefaultCredentials <# -Credential $creds #> -method POST -uri $refreshuri -verbose
    
    # To check on the scheduled refresh status, you can update the data in $refreshplan by running the CacheRefreshPlans again
    $refreshplan = Invoke-RestMethod -UseDefaultCredentials <# -Credential $creds #> -uri "[ReportServerURL]/api/v2.0/PowerBIReports(path='[REPORTPATH]')/CacheRefreshPlans"
    
    # Get the LastRuntime and LastStatus values to check the status
    $refreshplan.value.LastRunTime
    $refreshplan.value.LastStatus

     

    Regards Taico

  • Hi,

     

    if you already created a refresh plan, then you can do this:
    First, create a package parameter. Then create a package and insert a execute sql task. Execute this statement:

     

      exec [pbiReportServer].dbo.AddEvent @EventType='DataModelRefresh', @EventData=?

     

    In parameter mapping map your package paramete and deploy. 

     

    Now you can add this package to all your jobs. Simply put your subscription ID in the parameter and execute.

     

    If you need the ID, heres a SQL script to get it:

     

    SELECT [SubscriptionID]
    	,c.Name AS ReportName
    FROM [dbo].[ReportSchedule] r
    LEFT JOIN [dbo].[Catalog] c ON r.ReportID = c.ItemID
    WHERE c.Name = 'YOUR REPORTNAME'

     

    Hope this helps

     

7 Replies

  • Hi,

     

    if you already created a refresh plan, then you can do this:
    First, create a package parameter. Then create a package and insert a execute sql task. Execute this statement:

     

      exec [pbiReportServer].dbo.AddEvent @EventType='DataModelRefresh', @EventData=?

     

    In parameter mapping map your package paramete and deploy. 

     

    Now you can add this package to all your jobs. Simply put your subscription ID in the parameter and execute.

     

    If you need the ID, heres a SQL script to get it:

     

    SELECT [SubscriptionID]
    	,c.Name AS ReportName
    FROM [dbo].[ReportSchedule] r
    LEFT JOIN [dbo].[Catalog] c ON r.ReportID = c.ItemID
    WHERE c.Name = 'YOUR REPORTNAME'

     

    Hope this helps

     

    • rdaudt2021's avatar
      rdaudt2021
      Helper I

      Perfect. That's the approach that we will take. Any concern about updates to the PBIX file? Say, if we add a new visual and republish it to Power BI Server, will the same db task still work, refresh the new version of the pbix?

      • whereismydata's avatar
        whereismydata
        Resolver IV

        Hi, as long as the refresh plan stays the same, there should be no issue. I update my reports regularly and never ran into an issue.

  • Still looking forward to hear the community's experience with report's refresh triggered by SSIS.

    In the meantime, we are playing with the fact that a refresh schedule in Power BI Report Server is implemented by a schedule job in sql server. Based on this, what we have designed so far is as follows:

    - in Power BI server, create a scheduled refresh

    - find the job in SQL Server, rename it and remove the schedule

    - at the end of the ETL job in SSIS, configure a Execute SQL Server Agent Job Task that calls the job renamed above.

     

     

    • ForcaTaico's avatar
      ForcaTaico
      Resolver II

      Hi,

       

      One option is to use execute a PowerShell script in SSIS.

       

      Credit to Cataster on stackoverflow: powershell - How to refresh a PowerBI Report? - Stack Overflow

      # Retrieve the scheduled refresh data for a specific report and set it to a variable to get the Id value
      $refreshplan = Invoke-RestMethod -UseDefaultCredentials <# -Credential $creds #> -uri "[ReportServerURL]/reports/api/v2.0/PowerBIReports(path='[REPORTPATH]')/CacheRefreshPlans" 
      
      # This is how you can reference the Id value in the results from above
      $refreshplan.value.Id
      $refreshplan.value.LastRunTime
      $refreshplan.value.LastStatus
      
      # Using the above Id value, create the URI string to run the Model.Execute method
      try {
          $refreshuri = "[ReportServerURL]/reports/api/v2.0/CacheRefreshPlans(" + $refreshplan.value.Id + ")/Model.Execute"
      }
      catch {$error[0]}
      
      # Invoke the Model.Execute method to start the scheduled refresh for the PBIX report
      Invoke-RestMethod -UseDefaultCredentials <# -Credential $creds #> -method POST -uri $refreshuri -verbose
      
      # To check on the scheduled refresh status, you can update the data in $refreshplan by running the CacheRefreshPlans again
      $refreshplan = Invoke-RestMethod -UseDefaultCredentials <# -Credential $creds #> -uri "[ReportServerURL]/api/v2.0/PowerBIReports(path='[REPORTPATH]')/CacheRefreshPlans"
      
      # Get the LastRuntime and LastStatus values to check the status
      $refreshplan.value.LastRunTime
      $refreshplan.value.LastStatus

       

      Regards Taico

      • kucluk_ok's avatar
        kucluk_ok
        Frequent Visitor

        Hello , Would you mind to share how to use this script? Step by step in SSIS ?