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riyajshaikh09
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Issue while creating data source under Data Gateway using powershell

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
    }
  }
}

 

 

 



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PierreHusted
New Member

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

 

 

lbendlin
Super User
Super User

Assuming you have a Pro license you can consider raising a Pro ticket at https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/support/pro/

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