How to remove "hidden" dataflows in the Service?

[olimilo]

Recently found out that I have 2 "hidden" dataflows from our workspace. Is there some way I can get rid of these in the service? The 2 dataflows appear like so in the dataflow selection dialog box in Desktop but are not listed in the dataset page in the Service.

[otravers]

I don't use PowerShell often so I'm not sure. Maybe it's case sensitive, in which case writing "Delete" instead of "DELETE" may work?

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoftpowerbimgmt.profile/invoke-powerbirestme...

[olimilo · Accepted solution]

Thanks Olivier, finally got it to working using this command:

Invoke-PowerBIRestMethod -Url "https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/groups/{workspaceid}/dataflows/{dataflowid}" -Method Delete

This requires that the current user is logged in using Login-PowerBIServiceAccount in PowerShell

[otravers]

I would first get the dataflows definitions via the REST API, and if upon review you know for sure that you want to delete them, again I'd do so using the API:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/power-bi/dataflows/delete-dataflow

[olimilo]

Thanks Olivier. I tried the function but I'm running across several errors:

Invoke-PowerBIRestMethod DELETE https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/groups/{wsid}/dataflows/{dfid}

Returns

Invoke-PowerBIRestMethod : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument 'DELETE'.
At line:1 char:1
+ Invoke-PowerBIRestMethod DELETE https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/gr ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Invoke-PowerBIRestMethod], ParameterBindingException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.PowerBI.Commands.Profile.InvokePowerBIRestMetho
   d

While

DELETE : The term 'DELETE' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program.
Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1
+ DELETE https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/groups/3801c78c-8a5a-4b17-9 ...
+ ~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (DELETE:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

Returns

DELETE : The term 'DELETE' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program.
Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1

Any idea where I went wrong?