Invoke-PowerBIRestMethod: $top parameter doesn't work when on Refresh history (GET /refreshes)

[charlieswing]

I am trying to use the following GET refreshes method (using Invoke-PowerBIRestMethod Powershell cmdlet) to retrieve refresh history on a particular dataset. I'm wanting to use the {$top} parameter (as mentioned in this PBI documentation) to return the top 1 refresh history however when I run this I get 40+ refresh instances.

I am using this URL:
GET https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/datasets/{datasetId}/refreshes?$top=1

I'm thinking this is a bug unless I'm just missing something. Anyone else experiencing this? Again - the api returns refresh history but it does not limit the responses like its supposed to.

[AEsquivel-AMPM · Accepted solution]

Hi @charlieswing , I found the solution; it is not a Power BI bug. The problem is when you add a $ in text using PowerShell it is interpreted as a variable; in other words, you have to escape the $ with `

$workspace_id = "your_workspace_id"
$dataset_id = "your_dataset_id"

$url_refresh_history = "https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/groups/"+$workspace_id+"/datasets/"+$dataset_id+"/refreshes?`$top=2"

[Anonymous]

Invoke-PowerBIRestMethod -Url 'https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/datasets/{datasetId}/refreshes?$top=1' -Method Get

[charlieswing]

@Anonymous Is this an answer? You only posted a URL that I am already using.

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Yes, I have tested it and there is no problem