Issue with nameConflict=Overwrite for RDL in Workspace Folders using Import API

Hello !

Thank you for posting on MS Fabric community.

 

I think workspace folders don’t behave like independent name scopes as the names must be unique across the whole workspace not just within a folder and I think that what explains why you feel that the folder based conflict handling is somehow inconsistent.

I have experienced something similar in the past and what I remember it can be a mismatch between an old import API semantics and the newer workspace folders model or a bug you are having in RDLs in folders.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/fabric/fundamentals/workspaces-folders

What I can assure you is thenameConflict is not folder scoped and there is no extra identifier like reportId for overwrite in the import call since for folder placement the selector is subfolderObjectId and not folderId.

When I check your code I am a lillte bit confused because the REST for this endpoint expects thegroupId in the URL path, nameConflict in the query string, subfolderObjectId in the query string and the body to be the multipart file upload or import payload and not a publishRequest wrapper with folderId

So for an RDL in a folder, the call should look more like:

POST https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/groups/{groupId}/imports
?datasetDisplayName=Sales%20Analysis.rdl
&nameConflict=Overwrite
&subfolderObjectId={folderId}
Content-Type: multipart/form-data

What you can do is to list existing items in the workspace and find the existing paginated report by name then you treat the name as workspace unique and not folder unique because the Fabric items API exposes folderId on items, so you can verify where the existing item actually lives.

And f the item already exists you have 2 cases : if it is already the intended report you try importing with the same name and subfolderObjectId otherwiseif the overwrite still fails with DuplicatePackageNotFoundError you either delete or reimport or you simply import and overwrite at the workspace scope and then move the item to the folder.

Hi tks1011 ,

To add to the AmiraBedh  response, The Import API does not completely match folder semantics, particularly for RDL reports. This can cause situations where Abort does not return a conflict, and Overwrite leads to a DuplicatePackageNotFoundError.

 

As a workaround, it is suggested to check for existing items at the workspace level before importing. You can either delete and re-import the item, or import it first and then move the report to the correct folder.

 

Thank You.

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Thank you.

Hi tks1011 ,

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