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Anonymous
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7 years ago
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How to find the Desktop Window Name

I am trying to use the Export-PBIDesktopToCSV from a local Powershell to a local Power BI desktop instance. my pbix file name is TaskTimeReport.pbix. when I put in TaskTimeReport or TaskTimeReport.pbix into the parameters for the powershell command I get a not PBIDesktop window that matches error. 

 

I must be missing something. 

Has anyone gotten this to work?

 

link to module. https://github.com/DevScope/powerbi-powershell-modules/blob/master/Modules/PowerBIPS.Tools/PowerBIPS.Tools.md

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    7 years ago

    I figured it out. 

    You must have the powerbi desktop app open with the project you want data from. 

     

    then use Get-PBIDesktopTCPPort to get the window name. 

     

     

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
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    7 years ago

    I figured it out. 

    You must have the powerbi desktop app open with the project you want data from. 

     

    then use Get-PBIDesktopTCPPort to get the window name.