Skip to main content
cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

Enhance your career with this limited time 50% discount on Fabric and Power BI exams. Ends August 31st. Request your voucher.

Reply
webchris
Advocate III
Advocate III

Problem refreshing Usage Metrics Report

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...

1 ACCEPTED SOLUTION
Anonymous
Not applicable

Hi  @webchris ,

You can use Postman to call rest api.

Postman is an API platform for building and using APIs. Postman simplifies each step of the API lifecycle and streamlines collaboration so you can create better APIs—faster. 

Postman related information: 

https://www.postman.com/ 

Web version of Postman: 

https://identity.getpostman.com/signup?continue=https%3A%2F%2Fgo.postman.co%2Fbuild&_ga=2.103938564.... 

Download Postman: 

https://www.postman.com/downloads/ 

 

Best Regards,

Liu Yang

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

View solution in original post

5 REPLIES 5
Anonymous
Not applicable

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

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

Anonymous
Not applicable

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
Advocate III
Advocate III

Hi Liu Yang, thanks for your support. 

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

Anonymous
Not applicable

Hi  @webchris ,

You can use Postman to call rest api.

Postman is an API platform for building and using APIs. Postman simplifies each step of the API lifecycle and streamlines collaboration so you can create better APIs—faster. 

Postman related information: 

https://www.postman.com/ 

Web version of Postman: 

https://identity.getpostman.com/signup?continue=https%3A%2F%2Fgo.postman.co%2Fbuild&_ga=2.103938564.... 

Download Postman: 

https://www.postman.com/downloads/ 

 

Best Regards,

Liu Yang

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

Helpful resources

Announcements
July PBI25 Carousel

Power BI Monthly Update - July 2025

Check out the July 2025 Power BI update to learn about new features.

Join our Fabric User Panel

Join our Fabric User Panel

This is your chance to engage directly with the engineering team behind Fabric and Power BI. Share your experiences and shape the future.

June 2025 community update carousel

Fabric Community Update - June 2025

Find out what's new and trending in the Fabric community.

Top Kudoed Authors