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Microsoft EmployeeInvoke-PowerBIRestMethod: $top parameter doesn't work when on Refresh history (GET /refreshes)
I am trying to use the following GET refreshes method (using Invoke-PowerBIRestMethod Powershell cmdlet) to retrieve refresh history on a particular dataset. I'm wanting to use the {$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.
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"
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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"- Invoke-PowerBIRestMethod -Url 'https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/datasets/{datasetId}/refreshes?$top=1' -Method Get
charlieswingAnonymous Is this an answer? You only posted a URL that I am already using.
