topic Re: Cache refresh plans and API in Report Server

Cache refresh plans and API

Anonymous — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 21:25:37 GMT

Is there a way to attache a cache refresh plan to a report with the new REST API? I can see how to upload a report, create a refresh plan, delete existing plans on a report but not how to attach a cache refresh plan to a report?

Re: Cache refresh plans and API

v-yulgu-msft — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 02:01:14 GMT

Hi @Anonymous,

All available REST APIs are listed on SwaggerHub, including how to create and execute a cache refresh plan, please have a look at below links:

Power BI Report Server REST API

SQL Server 2017 Reporting Services REST API

Best regards,

Yuliana Gu

Re: Cache refresh plans and API

Anonymous — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 10:53:30 GMT

Yes, I know the docs but it is not clear which call to use to associate a refresh plan with a catalog item like a report or dataset?

Re: Cache refresh plans and API

Anonymous — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 16:11:56 GMT

Any ideas about this? How does one attach a refresh plan to a report?

Re: Cache refresh plans and API

mgmeyer — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 16:24:11 GMT

You use a POST on this API:

http://server/reports/api/v2.0/CacheRefreshPlans

inside the payload you can specify the CatalogItem you want to associate with the schedule.

Re: Cache refresh plans and API

Anonymous — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 21:01:05 GMT

Ok, I will try this but the documentation says that the CatalogItemPath in the payload is the path to the "item that represents the CacheRefreshPlan" which is somewhat confusing.

Re: Cache refresh plans and API

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 15:57:57 GMT

Can you give an example? I cannot get this to work at all, not the PUT/DELETE or POST. The Path seems to want the path of the the plan but it is not clear what this is.

If I try:

Invoke-RESTMethod -Uri "$restroot/CacheRefreshPlans(Path='/replib/cache')" -Method DELETE -UseDefaultCredentials

Where /replib/cache is a .rdl report with a cache defined, I just get a 404 error, for example.

Re: Cache refresh plans and API

mgmeyer — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 16:18:06 GMT

The CachRefreshPlans route does not except a Path argument only and ID for the specific schedule. If you know the report that you want to get the schedules for you use this API:

http://server/reports/api/v2.0/reports(Path='/reportName')/CacheRefreshPlans

that should get you all the schedules associated with that report. If your looking for a specific one you can use OData $filter operation in the URL.

Re: Cache refresh plans and API

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 16:20:05 GMT

I found the issue - the datasource for the report was misconfigured but the errors dont' mention this. You can't set a cache if the report won't actually run.