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Hi,
I am struggling to figure out if it is possible to get knowledge about the storage type of a data source. I see it is possible with the Get Datasets API (ContentProviderType) but I cannot find it per data source instead of per dataset.
Did any of you succeed in that? please let me know
Michael
Hi @Anonymous
Thanks for replying my post.
I have been looking into these API's although I cannot find a way to get the storage type for each datasource in these.
As I see it, I will get the storage mode for the dataset in whole, and not the datasource.
So what I will get is:
Dataset id 1 (Composite model)
Datasource1 - SQL
Datasource2 - Sharepoint
Datasource3 - Excel
But what I want to get is:
Dataset id 1 (Composite model)
Datasource1 - SQL (Direct Query)
Datasource2 - Sharepoint (Import)
Datasource3 - Excel (Import)
So I want to get the datasource and then the type from the api. And not the storage mode for the complete dataset.
BR
Michael
Hi @mhani ,
I think you can try Power BI REST API as below.
For reference:
Datasets - Get Datasources In Group
Best Regards,
Rico Zhou
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