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I've worked through the Learning TOM code and have successfully created a dataset in Powe BI Service with it. I can go into it manually and create my own reports from scratch.
However, is there a way I can create a power bi report using C# and XMLA Endpoint? My end goal is to publish the dataset I can now create with it's own blank report that users can just edit and adjust on their own in embeded.
Here are links I've gone through but I haven't found anything yet.
https://www.sqlservercentral.com/blogs/power-bi-meets-programmability-tom-xmla-and-c
https://www.powerbidevcamp.net/articles/programming-datasets-with-TOM/
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Thank you for the reply @lbendlin I was actually able to accomplish this utilizing REST API scripts. Although now I am working on how to create an access token programmatically.
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
namespace Learning_TOM
{
internal class ReportClone
{
static readonly HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
public static async Task callReportCloneRestAPI()
{
try
{
var reportName = "REPORT_NAME";
var reportID = "REPORT_ID";
var targetModelID = "MODEL_ID";
var targetWorkspaceID = "WORKSPACE_ID";
var bearer = "TOKEN";
var url = $"https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/reports/{reportID}/Clone";
var data = "{\r\n \"name\": \"" + reportName + "\",\r\n \"targetModelId\": \"" + targetModelID + "\",\r\n \"targetWorkspaceId\": \"" + targetWorkspaceID + "\"\r\n}";
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Authorization", "Bearer " + bearer);
var content = new StringContent(data, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");
HttpResponseMessage response = await client.PostAsync(url, content);
response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
string responseBody = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
Console.WriteLine(responseBody);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Red;
Console.WriteLine("Error copying reports: " + ex.Message);
Console.ResetColor();
}
}
}
}
Look at reports in notebooks. They use some AI functions for a basic report layout based on the provided data.
Announcing Power BI in Jupyter notebooks | Microsoft Power BI Blog | Microsoft Power BI
Thank you for the reply @lbendlin I was actually able to accomplish this utilizing REST API scripts. Although now I am working on how to create an access token programmatically.
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
namespace Learning_TOM
{
internal class ReportClone
{
static readonly HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
public static async Task callReportCloneRestAPI()
{
try
{
var reportName = "REPORT_NAME";
var reportID = "REPORT_ID";
var targetModelID = "MODEL_ID";
var targetWorkspaceID = "WORKSPACE_ID";
var bearer = "TOKEN";
var url = $"https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/reports/{reportID}/Clone";
var data = "{\r\n \"name\": \"" + reportName + "\",\r\n \"targetModelId\": \"" + targetModelID + "\",\r\n \"targetWorkspaceId\": \"" + targetWorkspaceID + "\"\r\n}";
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Authorization", "Bearer " + bearer);
var content = new StringContent(data, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");
HttpResponseMessage response = await client.PostAsync(url, content);
response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
string responseBody = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
Console.WriteLine(responseBody);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Red;
Console.WriteLine("Error copying reports: " + ex.Message);
Console.ResetColor();
}
}
}
}
I thought your request was for creating a report from scratch, rather than cloning a report.
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