Invoke-PowerBIRestMethod - description of Workspace

[kimlaurits]

Hi,

I am trying to automate the creation of PowerBI Workspaces.

I am able to create a new workspace:

$body = '{"name": "' + $PowerBIWorkspaceName + '"}'
$PowerBIWorkspace = Invoke-PowerBIRestMethod -Url 'groups' -Method POST -Body $body | ConvertFrom-Json

But I would like to set the description of the Workspace as well.

If I read Groups - Create Group - REST API (Power BI Power BI REST APIs) | Microsoft Docs - I can only see name in the request.

And I can't figure out if I can set the description after the creation. 

Any ideas?

[kimlaurits · Accepted solution]

Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be possible to achieve with a service principal.

When changing description this API is used:

Admin - Groups UpdateGroupAsAdmin - REST API (Power BI Power BI REST APIs) | Microsoft Docs

And that API is not supported when using a service principal:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/enterprise/read-only-apis-service-principal-authentication...

[Hariharan_R]

Hi

I hope this REST API supports only Name as a body parameter for workspace and no placeholder for description. We need to add them manually.

Thanks

Hari

[kimlaurits]

Hi Hari,

Okay, so it's not possible to for example set the description after the Workspace has been created?

/Kim

[Hariharan_R]

You can add the description manually by going to Power BI service workspace.

Thanks

Hari

[kimlaurits]

Yes I know, but I am trying to automate PowerBI workspaces 🙂