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momo_man
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powershell command to get datasource name is not working

Below is my code to try and get the datasource names for all the datasources for every report in my power bi service. It is the workspace and dataset correctly but it is not getting the datasource name correctly. for datasource name it just returns a blank like so, "Datasource: ". But what it does do correctly is return the number of Datasources. So, for example if a report has 3 datasources it will return "Datasource: " 3 times. Any help would be very appreciated. 

 

Install-Module -Name MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt.Data
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# Fetch all workspaces

$workspaces = Get-PowerBIWorkspace

 

foreach ($workspace in $workspaces) {

   Write-Output "Workspace: $($workspace.Name)"

 

   # Get datasets for each workspace

   $datasets = Get-PowerBIDataset -WorkspaceId $workspace.Id

   foreach ($dataset in $datasets) {

       Write-Output "  Dataset: $($dataset.Name)"

 

       # Get datasources for each dataset in the current workspace

       $datasources = Get-PowerBIDatasource -DatasetId $dataset.Id -WorkspaceId $workspace.Id

       foreach ($datasource in $datasources) {

           Write-Output "    DataSource: $($datasource.Name)"

       }

   }

}

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momo_man
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thank yall for the replies it turns out it was a permissions thing

 

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momo_man
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thank yall for the replies it turns out it was a permissions thing

 

GilbertQ
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Hi @momo_man 

 

Why do you not use the Power BI Scanner which will get all this information and more?

 

https://powerbi.tips/2021/10/using-the-power-bi-scanner-api-to-manage-tenants-entire-metadata/





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Any idea how you would find the datasource names from the scan? I can't find it 😞

Maybe I will try this. I was trying to do this in less steps. Avoiding any azure interaction with api's with the module. If it worked it would serve its purpose. I just am trying to get the names of all datasources being used in my power bi service

foodd
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Hello @momo_man, and thank you for starting a conversation in the Service Forum.    Please mark this reply as a solution once the post is added to the PowerShell Forum.

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