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TexasBI
Helper II
4 years ago

Find the mode type in a dataset through the API

Hello,   I have been able to pull all the datasets as the admin, but I would like to tell what mode they are on (Direct Query, Import, Dual)?? How can I do this through the API?   Thank you,   ...
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Anonymous
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4 years ago

Hi TexasBI 

If you connect to your data source by API, I think you use Web connector. Web connector only support import mode. 

If you use other connector to connect to your data source, you may refer to this blog for more details about supporting connection mode.

Here is a offical blog about Power BI Rest API. For reference: Power BI REST APIs

It seems that Power BI doesn't support you to change connection mode by API.

 

Best Regards,
Rico Zhou

 

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TexasBI's avatar
TexasBI
Helper II
4 years ago

Hey Anonymous ,

 

Thank you for your response but this what not what I was talking about.

 

What I was asking is when I use the Power BI REST API to pull the metadata on the dataset from the Power BI Service, how can I determine what mode the dataset is in?


https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/power-bi/datasets