Skip to main content
cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

The Power BI Data Visualization World Championships is back! Get ahead of the game and start preparing now! Learn more

Reply
Anonymous
Not applicable

Invoke-ASCmd (PowerShell) - 'Cannot find table' When Name Has Space

Hi. After a few hours of searching, I'm hopeful that someone can point me in the right direction. I've got a simple PowerShell script that connects to an endpoint and runs a simple DAX query (ex: "EVALUATE (<mytable>)". The command works perfectly fine when the table name doesn't have a space; but it fails when it does:

 

WORKS: [xml]$resp = Invoke-ASCmd -Query "EVALUATE (<mytable>)" -Server "powerbi://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/myorg" -Database "MyDb"  -Verbose

 

FAILS: [xml]$resp = Invoke-ASCmd -Query "EVALUATE ('<another table>')" -Server "powerbi://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/anotherorg" -Database "AnotherDB"  -Verbose

 

I've tried enclosing the table name in different quoting variations with no success. I've also run the same DAX query (with single quotes around the table name) in PowerBI desktop and everything is fine.  PowerShell version didn't impact anything (tried with both 5.1 & 7). It should work; but it just doesn't.

 

Any guidance from the community would be appreciated. 

 

Thanks!

3 REPLIES 3
Anonymous
Not applicable

I inheritied a project from a former employee and was just following their approach. The hope was to use the same approach (which works on tables without spaces); rather than redo the code. 

Redo the code. You will see better performance too.

lbendlin
Super User
Super User

Why Invoke-ASCmd?  Why not  Invoke-PowerBIRestMethod ?

Helpful resources

Announcements
Power BI DataViz World Championships

Power BI Dataviz World Championships

The Power BI Data Visualization World Championships is back! Get ahead of the game and start preparing now!

December 2025 Power BI Update Carousel

Power BI Monthly Update - December 2025

Check out the December 2025 Power BI Holiday Recap!

FabCon Atlanta 2026 carousel

FabCon Atlanta 2026

Join us at FabCon Atlanta, March 16-20, for the ultimate Fabric, Power BI, AI and SQL community-led event. Save $200 with code FABCOMM.