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Anonymous
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Get Activity Events API does not return correct Refresh Data for tabular datasets

Hi All,


I want to collect data regarding all the refreshes that occurs on datasets within our PowerBI Workspaces. We are currently using the "Admin - Get Activity Events" API to be able to capture the activities that occur and then filtering those activities for the activity "RefreshDataset". 

 

However when I compare the information against by the PowerBI Workspace records of refresh (dataset -> settings - > refresh dataset), I find that none of the refresh datetimes present on the refresh history page match any of the refreshes captured by the get activity events api.

 

I am not certain which of the following is the case:

  • The Activity Events API activity does not represent refreshes to dataset but represents some other attribute
  • The Activity Events API 'refresh dataset' activity was intended to capture refreshes to datasets but this data is broken

Are there any workarounds or reasonings behind the non-sync between the api and the refresh history information? I need it for an audit report.

 

Many thanks

 

Patrick

 

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Anonymous
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Hi @Anonymous ,

Please review the solution in the following thread and check whether that can help you get the expected result.

How to extract refresh history?

Best Regards

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