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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-
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??
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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