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jaryszek
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Using REST API to generate pdfs

‎06-09-2022 02:44 AM

Hi Guys,

i want to do 2 things using power BI premium per user license (only 1 user and 1 license).

I want to connect with REST API from java and:

1) change programatically data source for specific report/dahsboard
2) generate specific reports into pdf for specific customer.

Can anybody say how to do this?

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AmosHersch
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‎06-09-2022 04:14 AM

@jaryszek

1) change programatically data source for specific report/dahsboard - Do you have a Power BI report or a Paginated Report? 

For Power BI report you can change the data source of the dataset using this API:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/power-bi/datasets/update-datasources-in-group

For Paginated report you have this API for changing the data source:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/power-bi/reports/update-datasources-in-group

 

2) generate specific reports into pdf for specific customer.

The REST API for exporting to PDF requires Premium/Embedded capacity (unless you're exporting a paginated report)

 

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‎06-09-2022 03:39 AM

report can be exported to pdf file

Reports - Export To File In Group - REST API (Power BI Power BI REST APIs) | Microsoft Docs

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AmosHersch
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In response to Anonymous

‎06-09-2022 04:14 AM

@jaryszek

1) change programatically data source for specific report/dahsboard - Do you have a Power BI report or a Paginated Report? 

For Power BI report you can change the data source of the dataset using this API:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/power-bi/datasets/update-datasources-in-group

For Paginated report you have this API for changing the data source:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/power-bi/reports/update-datasources-in-group

 

2) generate specific reports into pdf for specific customer.

The REST API for exporting to PDF requires Premium/Embedded capacity (unless you're exporting a paginated report)

 

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