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Power BI REST API to get datasource information?

Hi Develpoers,

I looking for any REST API or any script that can give me Power BI Dataset's datasource related all information like how many tables used, table name, source type: SQL or Web, like whatever information I can fetch.

 

I tried 1 REST API:

Datasets - Get Datasources

https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/admin/datasets/{dataset ID}/datasources

but this is giving me very high level information like-

 

"value": [
        {
            "datasourceType": "Web",
            "connectionDetails": {
                "url": "https://SourcePath.com"
            },
            "datasourceId": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
            "gatewayId": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
        }
 
I need more information of the with the dataset ID. Kindly suggest me if there's any way to fetch more information.
 
Thanks.
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Mmahachi
Advocate I
Advocate I

I am also looking for more information about all the field name and definitions, I cannot find this basic information anywhere. For example what is the datasourceinstanceid??

Anonymous
Not applicable

Hi @LakshtSharma99,

I'd like to suggest you take a look at power bi metadata scanning API if helps with your scenario:

Metadata scanning - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

Admin - WorkspaceInfo GetScanResult - REST API (Power BI Power BI REST APIs) | Microsoft Learn

Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng

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