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Hi all!
I've been trying to create a dataset pointing to Azure Analysis Services via the REST API's:
Push Datasets - Datasets PostDatasetInGroup
{
"name": "ApiTestAasDataset",
"isRefreshable": false,
"isEffectiveIdentityRequired": true,
"isEffectiveIdentityRolesRequired": false,
"isOnPremGatewayRequired": false,
"datasources": [
{
"datasourceType": "AnalysisServices",
"connectionDetails": {
"server": "asazure://westeurope.asazure.windows.net/testanalysisalf:rw",
"database": "alf"
},
"connectionString": "Provider=MSOLAP;Data Source=asazure://westeurope.asazure.windows.net/testanalysisalf;Initial Catalog=alf;Cube=Model;User ID=myname@mydomain.com;Persist Security Info=True;Impersonation Level=Impersonate"
}
],
"tables": []
"defaultMode": "AsAzure"
}
The response it's always 400:
{
"error": {
"code": "FailedToDeserializeDatasetError",
"pbi.error": {
"code": "FailedToDeserializeDatasetError",
"parameters": {},
"details": [],
"exceptionCulprit": 1
}
}
}Any sugestions?
Thank you very much and best regards,
Alfredo
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