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ivanferr92
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6 years ago
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Power BI REST API Update datasource credentials

Hi,   Is it possible to use the Powerbi REST API to update the login credentials to a dataset? I found something similar for gateway-managed dataset: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/powe...
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    Anonymous
    6 years ago

    HI ivanferr92,

    I also check the rest API documents but not found any apis to direct operate the data source credentials. (some of API can update the connection strings but they not mention/contains any parameters to operate on data credentials)
    I guess power bi service may not want to share them due to security reasons.

    Regards,

    Xiaoxin Sheng

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TedPattison
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5 years ago

There is still a gateway ID and you need to use the Gateway API even when there is no actual Gateway. 

 

Are you using service principal? If so, did you go through all the proper configuration to enable service principal access to Power BI API in your tenant and add servide principal as gatewway admin?

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xli629b
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4 years ago

When there is no actual gateway, and it's a cloud datasource, I'm able to find a gateway ID as you say, interestingly enough.

However, when I try to update the datasource using this gateway ID + datasource ID, I always get an error: 400 DM_GWPipeline_Gateway_DataSourceAccessError. I also can't lookup this gateway using the get gateway method and retrieve its public key, which I need in order to encrypt the credentials.