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Anonymous
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Import Dataflow in Power BI Service

I use this script to import a dataflow : 

$credential = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList "...", ("..." | ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force)

Connect-PowerBIServiceAccount -ServicePrincipal -Tenant "..." -Credential $credential -Environment "Public"

$workspaceName = "WKS - DTS [DEV]"

$DataflowImportFileName = "C:\Users\cbonier\Documents\DTF FINANCE.json"

$DataflowDefinition = [IO.File]::ReadAllText($DataflowImportFileName)


$UserAccessToken = Get-PowerBIAccessToken
$bearer = $UserAccessToken.Authorization.ToString()


$workspace = Get-PowerBIWorkspace -Name $workspaceName
$workspaceId = $workspace.Id

$importsUrl = "https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/groups/$workspaceId/imports?datasetDisplayName=DTF FINANCE.json"

$boundary = [System.Guid]::NewGuid().ToString("N")
$LF = [System.Environment]::NewLine

$contentType = "multipart/from-data; boundary=""$boundary"""

$body = (
"--$boundary",
"Content-Disposition: form-data $LF",
$DataflowDefinition,
"--$boundary--$LF"
) -join $LF

$header = @{
    'Authorization' = "$bearer"
    'Content-Type' = "$contentType"
}

Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $importsUrl -ContentType $contentType -Method Post -Headers $header -Body $body

 But I have this error : 

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Anonymous
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Hi @v-chenwuz-msft

 

What do you mean when you write : "This parameter should be hardcoded to model.json." ? 

 

I tried this script but it doesn't work :

Invoke-PowerBIRestMethod -Url "https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/groups/cfafbeb1-8037-4d0c-896e-a46fb27ff229/imports?datasetDisplayName=model.json&nameConflict=Abort&skipReport=True" -Method Post

 

Error message : 

AVERTISSEMENT : The Body parameter was null, the request may be invalid when Method par
ameter is Post.
Invoke-PowerBIRestMethod : Une ou plusieurs erreurs se sont produites.
Au caractère Ligne:5 : 1
+ Invoke-PowerBIRestMethod -Url "https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/gro ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : WriteError: (Microsoft.Power...werBIRestMethod:InvokePowerBIRestMethod) [Invoke-PowerBIRestMethod], AggregateException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Une ou plusieurs erreurs se sont produites.,Microsoft.PowerBI.Commands.Profile.InvokePowerBIRestMethod
v-chenwuz-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Anonymous ,

 

POST https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/groups/cfafbeb1-8037-4d0c-896e-a46fb27ff229/imports?datasetDisplayName=model.json&nameConflict=Abort&skipReport=True 

This parameter should be hardcoded to model.json.

 

For more details, you can refer this link.

Imports - Post Import In Group - REST API (Power BI Power BI REST APIs) | Microsoft Docs

 

Best Regards

Community Support Team _ chenwu zhu

 

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