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tcschroeder
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4 years ago
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PowerBi embeded data sources query

I am looking for a way to query the ReportServer database to find the name of the embeded data sources in a PowerBi report.  I know how to do this for SSRS reports, but can't figure out how to get it for PowerBi reports.

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  • v-luwang-msft's avatar
    v-luwang-msft
    4 years ago

    Hi tcschroeder ,

    Power BI Desktop as a tool does not have a corresponding database (like when report server is deployed, a corresponding database is created, so we can look up its data source information via sql). We need to use Power BI Desktop to open the PBIX file and then view the data source through the following interface.

    Best Regards

    Lucien

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  • v-luwang-msft's avatar
    v-luwang-msft
    Community Support
    4 years ago

    Hi tcschroeder ,

    Power BI Desktop as a tool does not have a corresponding database (like when report server is deployed, a corresponding database is created, so we can look up its data source information via sql). We need to use Power BI Desktop to open the PBIX file and then view the data source through the following interface.

    Best Regards

    Lucien

  • v-luwang-msft's avatar
    v-luwang-msft
    Community Support
    4 years ago

    Hi tcschroeder ，

    You could obtain the data source name corresponding to the report in the specified database through the following TSQL query:

     USE [ReportServer]
 GO
    
 SELECT CATALOG.NAME
     ,CATALOG.[Path]
     ,DataSource.NAME datasource
     ,CATALOG.[Description]
     ,Created.UserName AS CreatedByUser
     ,CATALOG.[CreationDate]
     ,Modified.UserName AS ModifiedByUser
     ,CATALOG.[ModifiedDate]
 FROM [dbo].[Catalog]
 LEFT JOIN (
     SELECT [UserID]
         ,[UserName]
     FROM [dbo].[Users]
     ) AS Created ON CATALOG.CreatedByID = Created.UserID
 LEFT JOIN (
     SELECT [UserID]
         ,[UserName]
     FROM [dbo].[Users]
     ) AS Modified ON CATALOG.ModifiedByID = Modified.UserID
 JOIN DataSource ON CATALOG.ItemID = DataSource.ItemID
 JOIN CATALOG cat1 ON DataSource.Link = cat1.ItemID
 WHERE CATALOG.[Type] = 2
 ORDER BY [Path]
     ,NAME

     

    And you could get data from sql through using Power BI.

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    Best Regards

    Lucien

    • tcschroeder's avatar
      tcschroeder
      New Member
      4 years ago

      Actually no.  This is showing the data sources for the SSRS reports (.rdl's).  That is what I am able to get.  What I am interested in is the data sources for PowerBI documents (.pbix).