Problem refreshing Usage Metrics Report

[webchris]

Hi there 

I have found this website to remove Usage Metrics Reports from one specific workspace:

Datasets - Delete Dataset In Group - REST API (Power BI Power BI REST APIs) | Microsoft Docs

Unfortunately, I do not know how to call the mentioned "DELETE https://...." API. Do I need a tool, a website? Why is this not described in this "support" website? 

Please help, thanks...

[Anonymous]

Hi @webchris ,

Can you tell me how you solved it using PowerShell. I'm facing the same issue. Unfortunately, the dataset of the Usage Metrics Report is not accessible using the GUI. 

Thanks a lot.

Cheers,

Dom

[webchris]

Hi Dom I am very sorry, but I cannot recall the solution any more.

[Anonymous]

Hi Chris,

It took me a while to get back to this topic. Anyway, I used a manual approach because I just needed to delete one report.

# Connect to Power BI Service, enter your credentials manually 
Connect-PowerBIServiceAccount -Credential (Get-Credential)

# Get a specific workspace by name. You don't need the "-Scope Organization" filter, you just need admins permission for the specific workspace
Get-PowerBIWorkspace  | select-object -Property Id, Name, Type | where Type -eq "Workspace" | where Name -eq "Workspace Name"

# Alternative #1: search for the exact name
Get-PowerBIReport -WorkspaceId [GUID] | select-object -Property Id, Name, WebUrl | where Name -eq "Usage Metrics Report"

# Alternative #2: search for a report which contains a string
Get-PowerBIReport -WorkspaceId [GUID] | select-object -Property Id, Name, WebUrl | where Name -like "*Usage Metrics Report"

# Delete the report using the ID of the workspace and report you extracted in the steps before
Remove-PowerBIReport -Id [GUID] -WorkspaceId [GUID]

# Check if the was deleted successfully
Get-PowerBIReport -WorkspaceId [GUID] | select-object -Property Id, Name, WebUrl | where Name -like "*Usage Metrics Report"

# Disconnect from Power BI Service
Disconnect-PowerBIServiceAccount

That solved it.

[webchris]

Hi Liu Yang, thanks for your support. 

MS Support helped me to solve my issue through PowerShell using API.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi  @webchris ,

You can use Postman to call rest api.

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Best Regards,

Liu Yang

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