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Shree007
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Can I add description and logo while creating a powerbi workspace via API

Hi,

Am trying to create a powerbi workspace using API as per the MSFT documentation : Create Workspace 

However through this am only able to create a workspace and assign a name to this workspace.
My question is - can we also add a description and logo via API ?If yes, how do I do that ?

 

Any help on this is highly appreciated.

 

Thanks in advance !

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Shree007
Frequent Visitor

@mariussve1 I tried writing the description inside the body but still it doesnt work. 

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Thanks for the reply from @mariussve1 , please allow me to provide another insight: 
Hi  @Shree007 ,

 

According to the official API documentation, the request body of this API supports only one parameter, which is group name

Groups - Create Group - REST API (Power BI Power BI REST APIs) | Microsoft Learn

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In addition, regarding update group, it also only supports two parameters to be placed in the request body of the API, one is group name and the other is defaultDatasetStorageFormat, so please refer to other UI automation ways rather than API ways to realize the automatic filling of descriptions and logos, instead of the not API

Groups - Update Group - REST API (Power BI Power BI REST APIs) | Microsoft Learn

 

For tools that make it possible to automate the UI, please refer to the PowerAutomate dekstop, which has the ability to click on a web page and extract it automatically.

Send physical clicks on a web element - Power Automate | Microsoft Learn

Introduction to desktop flows - Power Automate | Microsoft Learn

 

Best Regards,

Liu Yang

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Hi again,

Yes you are right. I just tried to create a workspace with description in body, but that did not work. Sorry for not checking this before posting an answer.

If you are able to use Powershell, there is a cmdlet you can use to add description after the workspace is created:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoftpowerbimgmt.workspaces/set-powerbiworks...

 

Set-PowerBIWorkspace -Id "<workspaceid>" -Description "Test Description"


Br
Marius
BI Fabrikken
www.bifabrikken.no
mariussve1
Super User
Super User

Hi,

 

Description should work with this body:

 

{
"name": "Workspace Name",
"description": "This is a description of the workspace"
}

 

Dont think its possible to set logo... should be possible with base64 string, but have not seen Any support of this with api

 


Br
Marius
BI Fabrikken
www.bifabrikken.no

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