topic Re: Does REST API support on-premises Report Server? in Report Server

Does REST API support on-premises Report Server?

teros — Thu, 02 Nov 2017 19:53:04 GMT

I've just downloaded the 11/1 GA update the the on-premises Report Server and Power BI Desktop. I read a reference to a REST API -- will this work with the on-premises Report Server? Where might I find documentation?

Re: Does REST API support on-premises Report Server?

v-qiuyu-msft — Fri, 03 Nov 2017 07:56:33 GMT

Hi @teros,

Maybe guys @chrisfin @mgmeyer @riccardomuti @Jon-Heide from PG team have ideas.

Best Regards,
Qiuyun Yu

Re: Does REST API support on-premises Report Server?

stretcharm — Fri, 03 Nov 2017 12:59:54 GMT

yes.

Chris Webb has a blog post

https://blog.crossjoin.co.uk/2017/10/15/exploring-the-new-ssrs-2017-api-in-power-bi/

I setup a connection to the Oct PowerBI RS

using http://Server/Reports/api/v2.0

and connected to an odata data source

drill into Datasets and get the ID

They use in an odata conection with open type columns (from advanced) and put your id between the brackets.

Source = OData.Feed("http://server/Reports/api/v2.0/DataSets(06ffbf58-b11a-47d0-b17c-18ff44d26c68)/data", null, [MoreColumns=true]),

And expand your columns.

see for more details

https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/reportserver-access-dataset-odata/

Re: Does REST API support on-premises Report Server?

mgmeyer — Fri, 03 Nov 2017 18:03:23 GMT

If your looking for the REST API documentation for development purposes we published it on SwaggerHub here:

https://app.swaggerhub.com/apis/microsoft-rs/PBIRS/2.0

If your looking to connect to you datasets using the OData API this is the specific API you need to use:

http://<server>/reports/api/v2.0/datasets(Path='<path to your report>)/data

Note you can also use ID instead of path if you know your datasets ID.

Re: Does REST API support on-premises Report Server?

mgmeyer — Fri, 03 Nov 2017 18:04:20 GMT

If your looking for the REST API documentation for development purposes we published it on SwaggerHub here:

https://app.swaggerhub.com/apis/microsoft-rs/PBIRS/2.0

If your looking to connect to you datasets using the OData API this is the specific API you need to use:

http://{server}/reports/api/v2.0/datasets(Path='{path to your report})/data

Note you can also use ID instead of path if you know your datasets ID.

Re: Does REST API support on-premises Report Server?

stretcharm — Fri, 03 Nov 2017 19:13:28 GMT

Thanks. Using a path is going to be a bit more friendly that finding the id.

Phil