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Anonymous
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2 years ago

PowerShell How to capture error and assign it to a variable for Invoke-PowerBIRestMethod

I'm trying to write error to log file.. this specific API when it is unable to invoke it has the error message in the console as following   // Code try                   {       ...
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Anonymous
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2 years ago

Hi Anonymous ,

Please update the codes as below and check if that can help you get the expected result.

try
{
    $datasource = Invoke-PowerBIRestMethod -url "gateways/$gatewayId/datasources/$datasourceId" -method PATCH -Body $updateDatasourceBodyStr -ErrorAction Stop
}
catch
{
    # Capture the error message
    $errorMessage = $_.Exception.Message

    # Write the error message to the console
    Write-Host "Error Message: $errorMessage"

    # Now you can use $errorMessage variable as per your requirement
}

Best Regards

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Anonymous
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2 years ago

Hi Anonymous

 

Thanks for the response. As I mentioned in my initial post I want this script to be iterated. If I set the -ErrorAction to Stop the iteration stops. Instead I want the -ErrorAction set to Continue and write the error to a variable and continue the iteration. 
I've tried this but the error is not captured to the variable. This is happening for Invoke-PowerBIRestMethod only.

I'm looking for a solution for this scenario. Thanks!