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vijaykvs
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Unauthorized error when trying to export report using Powershell command Export-PowerBIReport

I am trying to export pbix report to my local machine. I have admin access on the workspace and am able to list the reports. However, I'm getting "unauthorized..." error while trying to export the report. Appreciate any help here.

 

Here is the code I'm using

Connect-PowerBIServiceAccount

Export-PowerBIReport -Id XXXXX -WorkspaceId XXXXX -OutFile .\ExportReportByPowershell.pbix -Verbose

 

Error Message:

Export-PowerBIReport : Operation returned an invalid status code 'Unauthorized'
At line:12 char:3
+ Export-PowerBIReport -Id $reportId -WorkspaceId $workspace.Id -OutF ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (Microsoft.Power...rtPowerBIReport:ExportPowerBIReport) [Export-PowerBIReport], HttpOperationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Operation returned an invalid status code 'Unauthorized',Microsoft.PowerBI.Commands.Reports.ExportPowerBIReport

VERBOSE: Request Uri: https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/groups/xxxxx/reports/xxxxx/Export
VERBOSE: Status Code: Unauthorized (401)

 

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Download a report from the Power BI service to Power BI Desktop - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

Limitations when downloading a report .pbix file

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lbendlin
Super User
Super User

There's a long list of restrictions when it comes to PBIX download.  Validate that your scenario is not covered by that list.

Can you please share those requirements with me. I didn't see much in the documentation. Thanks!

Download a report from the Power BI service to Power BI Desktop - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

Limitations when downloading a report .pbix file

That worked, thank you. Going by the error, I was wondering if there was a limitation with accessing the report. I see that the Large Semantic Model was set on the report. I am able to export after turning that off.

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