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TI-Michiel
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2 years ago

URL Structure - ReportSection not in PowerBI Service URL anymore?

For years the URL structure for any PowerBI Service reports has been this:

 

https://app.powerbi.com/groups/xxxx-5631-4xxxxd90-a263-xxxxxxxx/reports/xxxxxx-xxxx-4172-b433-0cb7c7214005/ReportSectionc04xxxxx24520048e91b  

 

 

All of a sudden, we now have URL structure like:

https://app.powerbi.com/groups/xxxx-5631-4xxxxd90-a263-xxxxxxxx/reports/xxxxxx-xxxx-4172-b433-0cb7c7214005/c04xxxxx24520048e91b

 

Its a minor change, but the mention of 'ReportSection' is gone. And thats breaking many things in the way we use PowerBi Service reports viewing them with a Service Principal. 

 

Things I have tried:

- When I manually add 'ReportSection' to the URL, unfortunately the URL is invalid. 

- I looked around for settings in the report, both in Service and Desktop, but I cannot find anything

- One page in a report has a URL with the 'old' structure (with ReportSection) but all other pages in the report dont have this. 

 

Is this a setting I can change? Can anyone help me with this?

Need Help

3 Replies

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    2 years ago

    Hi TI-Michiel 

     

    Sometimes, changes in URL structure can be due to service updates. You can check the changelog for Power BI to see if there's a description of the change.

     

     

     

     

    Best Regards,

    Jayleny

     

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

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable
      1 year ago

      Hi Anonymous 

       

      Where can I find the Power BI change log?

       

      Thanks

  • a66093's avatar
    a66093
    New Member
    1 year ago

    I have run into the same issue In embeded content where it was having trouble. 
    On some applications I have had to manually add ReportSection into the url before the page id 
    Other times I have had to delete the page ID from the url and leaving the end blank or ending it with ReportSection 

    Issue may also be from REST API calling on the wrong Page wether it is using Page[pagenumber] or PageID
    Example

    "/groups/[GroupID]/reports/[ReportID]/ReportSection[pageID]?experience=power-bi" 

    "/groups/[GroupID]/reports/[ReportID]/ReportSection" 
    "/groups/[GroupID]/reports/[ReportID]/ReportSection?experience=power-bi"  

    "/groups/[GroupID]/reports/[ReportID]/ "