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I am writing a script that users can run to update all their DNS based analysis services connections to the new link:// alias style connection. The whole script is below:
#Requires -Version 5
Set-StrictMode -Version Latest
Install-Module -Name MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt -Scope CurrentUser
Import-Module MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt
Connect-PowerBIServiceAccount
try {
$groups = Invoke-PowerBiRestMethod -Url 'https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/groups/' -Method GET | ConvertFrom-Json
foreach ($group in $groups.value) {
Write-Host "Processing group $($group.name)"
$groupId = $group.id
$dataSets = Invoke-PowerBiRestMethod -Url "https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/groups/$groupId/datasets" -Method GET | ConvertFrom-Json
foreach ($dataset in $datasets.value) {
Write-Host "Processing dataset $($dataset.name)"
$dataSetId = $dataset.id
$dataSourceUri = "https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/groups/$groupId/datasets/$dataSetId/datasources"
$dataSources = Invoke-PowerBiRestMethod -Url $dataSourceUri -Method GET | ConvertFrom-Json
if (-not $dataSources) {
Resolve-PowerBIError -Last
continue
}
$updates = $dataSources.value |
Where-Object { $_.datasourceType -eq 'AnalysisServices' } |
Where-Object { $_.connectionDetails.server -match 'cube\.ds-\w*\.foobar\.com' } |
ForEach-Object {
$update = [pscustomobject] [ordered] @{
datasourceSelector = [pscustomobject] [ordered] @{
datasourceType = $_.datasourceType
connectionDetails = $_.connectionDetails
}
connectionDetails = [pscustomobject] [ordered] @{
server = "link://wibble.foobar.com"
database = $_.connectionDetails.database
}
}
Write-Output $update
}
if ($null -eq $updates)
{
continue
}
Write-Host "Found analysis services connections"
$updateDetails = @{
updateDetails = $updates
}
Write-Host "Updating connection details" -ForegroundColor Cyan
$body = $updateDetails | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 10
$url = "https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/groups/$groupId/datasets/$dataSetId/Default.UpdateDatasources"
$updateResponse = Invoke-PowerBiRestMethod -Url $url -Method POST -Body $body -ErrorAction Stop | ConvertFrom-Json
Write-Output $updateResponse
}
}
}
catch {
Resolve-PowerBIError -Last
}The final post body looks fine according to the docs but I get a Bad Request response from the service.
With no additional clues I have no idea what to try next.
Did you have a resolution for this issue?
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