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I am using powershell for .pbix to deployment in workspaces. As part of that i need to create SQL datasource under gateway for further use. I am using powerbI rest API with service principle : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/power-bi/gateways/create-datasource
Here is link for sample we can use in powershell: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Developer/Power-BI-REST-API-via-Powershell-Create-Datasource/m-p/51...
I hope someone can help me here. Thanks in advance.
API I am seding request:
POST https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/gateways/{gatewayId}/datasources
Request message Body:
{
"connectionDetails": "{\"server\":\"MyServer\",\"database\":\"MyDatabase\"}",
"datasourceName": "Test_dateasource",
"dataSourceType": "Sql",
"credentialDetails": {
"credentialType": "Basic",
"encryptedConnection": "Encrypted",
"encryptionAlgorithm": "RSA-OAEP",
"privacyLevel": "Organizational",
"credentials": "W3....=="
}
}
Response from API:
{
"error": {
"code": "DM_GWPipeline_UnknownError",
"pbi.error": {
"code": "DM_GWPipeline_UnknownError",
"parameters": {},
"details": [
{
"code": "DM_ErrorDetailNameCode_UnderlyingErrorMessage",
"detail": {
"type": 1,
"value": "The parameter is incorrect.\r\n"
}
},
{
"code": "DM_ErrorDetailNameCode_UnderlyingHResult",
"detail": {
"type": 1,
"value": "-2146893785"
}
}
],
"exceptionCulprit": 1
}
}
}
I've got the same problem.
Just gonna keep an eye here, in case you figure it out.
I am able to solve this problem, In my case credential encryption was not correct. using owershell i was not able to encrypt credentials correctly.
To solve this i used C# code from below sample to encrypt credentials. So I created C# console application and use that .exe to encrypt credentials.
https://github.com/microsoft/PowerBI-Developer-Samples/tree/master/.NET%20Core/EncryptCredentials
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