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Helper I
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Scheduled refresh for dataset with REST API connection

I have a pretty simple Power BI dataset with 4 queries.

The first query retrieves an access_token from an API:

 

= () => let
    url = "https://api./.../application",
    headers = [#"Content-Type" = "application/json"],
    postData = Json.FromValue([applicationId = 123, applicationSecret = "123"]),
    response = Web.Contents(
        url,
        [
            Headers = headers,
            Content = postData
        ]
    ),
    access_token = Json.Document(response)[accessToken]
in
    access_token

 

The other queries use the dynamically generated access token and retrieve data from the API:

 

let
    Source = Json.Document(Web.Contents("https://api./...", [Headers=[token=GetToken()]])),
    # ...
    # ...
in
    # ...

 

It all works fine and I can refresh the data if I click "Refresh" in the dataset in the Power BI desktop application.

 

What I want to do though is to publish the dataset to Power BI service and schedule a refresh.

In order to do so I need to edit the credentials somehow:

deboec_0-1681911797514.png

 

What do I need to do here in order to regularily configure a Scheduled Refresh?

Thank you

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deboec
Helper I
Helper I

Update:
If I try and establish the data connection to the Web API without a dynamic token that uses a POST request to get the token for the API, meaning by getting a token value in Python by using the POST request and putting it into the data connection pane:

deboec_0-1681985019723.png

This works fine after publishing it to Power BI Service and clicking on "Refresh Now" -> No Error.

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