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How can I changes SQL database server , database name and credential of an published report ?

How can I change the SQL database server, database name and credential of a published report?

 

By published the report from SQL server credential and implement parameterized Sql server and Sql DB name , we can able to change DB name parameter by calling PowerBI APIs , but how I can change Sever Name? 

I have tried "Default.UpdateDatasources"  but its change only server name and DB name , not its credential ?

 

Please help me out as early as possible

 

TIA

Paritosh Mishra  

1 ACCEPTED SOLUTION

Its solve by first DB server and DB name  then   calling "Default.UpdateDatasources"
then  by calling "gateways/$gatewayId/datasources/$datasourceId" 

 

Thanks 

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I have changed the DB server and its credential only to those which I had recently inputs on Power BI Web .May be DB credential are kept in caches .
If I have used new DB server and its credential , then only DB server and DB name changes .Password changed script thow error  "The remote server returned an error: (400) Bad Request" 

This is my code of password change .

I am not using Gateway.

########## Change Password  #########

$datasourePatchUrl = "https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/gateways/$gatewayId/datasources/$datasourceId"

$patchBody = @{
"credentialDetails" = @{
"credentials" = "{""credentialData"":[{""name"":""username"",""value"":""$sqlUserName""},{""name"":""password"",""value"":""$sqlUserPassword""}]}"
"credentialType" = "Basic"
"encryptedConnection" = "NotEncrypted"
"encryptionAlgorithm" = "None"
"privacyLevel" = "Organizational"
}
}

$patchBodyJson = ConvertTo-Json -InputObject $patchBody -Depth 6 -Compress

$response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $datasourePatchUrl –Headers $auth_header -Body $patchBodyJson –Method PATCH

########## Change Password  #########

So my queries are
1. How this changes password script run successfully even in new DB server
2. How the Power BI online caches (where Db credential stored) delete .

Please help  me out 
TIA

nickyvv
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Hi @paritoshmishra,

if you are using a gateway you could use Gateways - Update Datasource.

 



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Its solve by first DB server and DB name  then   calling "Default.UpdateDatasources"
then  by calling "gateways/$gatewayId/datasources/$datasourceId" 

 

Thanks 

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