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ManishSingh007
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Gateways: Power BI REST API - Unable To Create Folder Data Source Type!!! Help

Invoke-PowerBIRestMethod : One or more errors occurred.
At C:\Users\---\Desktop\*******\******\PowerShell\FinalCode\File1.ps1:184 char:1
+ Invoke-PowerBIRestMethod -Url $CreateDatasourceUrl -Method Post -Body ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (Microsoft.Power...werBIRestMethod:InvokePowerBIRestMethod) [Invoke-PowerBIRestMethod], AggregateException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : One or more errors occurred.,Microsoft.PowerBI.Commands.Profile.InvokePowerBIRestMethod

Invoke-PowerBIRestMethod : Encountered errors when invoking the command: {
"code": "DMTS_UnsupportedConnectionStringError",
"pbi.error": {
"code": "DMTS_UnsupportedConnectionStringError",
"parameters": {},
"details": [],
"exceptionCulprit": 1
}
}
At C:\Users\chaudman\Desktop\TampereProject\sarika\PowerShell\FinalCode\File1.ps1:184 char:1
+ Invoke-PowerBIRestMethod -Url $CreateDatasourceUrl -Method Post -Body ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (Microsoft.Power...werBIRestMethod:InvokePowerBIRestMethod) [Invoke-PowerBIRestMethod], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Encountered errors when invoking the command: {
"code": "DMTS_UnsupportedConnectionStringError",
"pbi.error": {
"code": "DMTS_UnsupportedConnectionStringError",
"parameters": {},
"details": [],
"exceptionCulprit": 1
}
},Microsoft.PowerBI.Commands.Profile.InvokePowerBIRestMethod

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ManishSingh007
Regular Visitor

I am not sure, just wanted to create 'Folder' as a data source connection under on-primese Gateway using power shell script, could you please suggest, 

 

$datasourceType = "Folder"
$GatewayId = ""
$CreateDatasourceUrl = "https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/gateways/$GatewayId/datasources"

$encryptedCredentials = EncryptWindowsCredentials -Username $username -PasswordAsString $password -GatewayExponent $gatewayExponent -GatewayModulus $gatewayModulus
$credentialsObject = $encryptedCredentials | ConvertFrom-Json
$credentialDetails = $credentialsObject.credentialDetails

$Body = @{
"datasourceType"=$datasourceType
"connectionDetails"='{"full path":"\\WPF3HPGEK\Users\chaudman\Desktop\TP\arika\PowerShell\"}' #'{"server":"WPF3HPGEK","database":"DemoDb"}'#'{"server":"<serverName>","database":"<DBName>"}'
"datasourceName"=$datasourceName
"credentialDetails" = @{
"credentialType" = $credentialDetails.credentialType
"credentials" = $credentialDetails.credentials
"encryptedConnection" = $credentialDetails.encryptedConnection
"encryptionAlgorithm" = $credentialDetails.encryptionAlgorithm
"privacyLevel" = $credentialDetails.privacyLevel
}
}
$bodyJson = $body | ConvertTo-Json

Invoke-PowerBIRestMethod -Url $CreateDatasourceUrl -Method Post -Body $bodyJson

Try it out in the sandbox.  Make sure the gateway can see your share.

Gateways - Create Datasource - REST API (Power BI Power BI REST APIs) | Microsoft Learn

lbendlin
Super User
Super User

Does it work in the API sandbox?

It is not working, Could you please suggest

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