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Datasets - Get Datasources

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Service:
Power BI REST APIs
API Version:
v1.0

Returns a list of data sources for the specified dataset from My workspace.

Required Scope

Dataset.ReadWrite.All or Dataset.Read.All 

GET https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/datasets/{datasetId}/datasources

URI Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
datasetId
 path True

string

The dataset ID

Responses

Name Type Description
200 OK

Datasources

OK

Examples

Analysis Services example
Azure Blobs datasource example
Excel example
Extension datasource example
Microsoft Exchange datasource example
OData example
Oracle example
Salesforce datasource example
SAP HANA example
SharePoint example
SQL example

Analysis Services example

Sample request

GET https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/datasets/{datasetId}/datasources

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "@odata.context": "http://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/groups/222f0f33-3abc-4a57-9f98-ff01bd2aaabb/$metadata#datasources",
  "value": [
    {
      "datasourceType": "AnalysisServices",
      "connectionDetails": {
        "server": "My-As-Server",
        "database": "My-As-Database"
      },
      "datasourceId": "33cc5222-3fb9-44f7-b19d-ffbff18aaaf5",
      "gatewayId": "0a2dafe6-0e93-4120-8d2c-fae123c111b1"
    }
  ]
}

Azure Blobs datasource example

Sample request

GET https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/datasets/{datasetId}/datasources

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "value": [
    {
      "datasourceType": "AzureBlobs",
      "datasourceId": "e0315274-90b6-4fc0-abf2-2d60d448cb04",
      "gatewayId": "7f1c4e55-544b-403f-b132-da0d3a024674",
      "connectionDetails": {
        "account": "myAccount",
        "domain": "blob.core.windows.net"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Excel example

Sample request

GET https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/datasets/{datasetId}/datasources

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "@odata.context": "http://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/groups/222f0f33-3abc-4a57-9f98-ff01bd2aaabb/$metadata#datasources",
  "value": [
    {
      "datasourceType": "File",
      "connectionDetails": {
        "path": "c:\\users\\username\\documents\\orders1.xlsx"
      },
      "datasourceId": "33cc5222-3fb9-44f7-b19d-ffbff18aaaf5",
      "gatewayId": "0a2dafe6-0e93-4120-8d2c-fae123c111b1"
    }
  ]
}

Extension datasource example

Sample request

GET https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/datasets/{datasetId}/datasources

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "value": [
    {
      "datasourceType": "Extension",
      "datasourceId": "70540d95-4c8e-41ae-88c6-27a103b12841",
      "gatewayId": "7f1c4e55-544b-403f-b132-da0d3a024674",
      "connectionDetails": {
        "kind": "AzureDataExplorer",
        "path": "https://myserver.kusto.windows.net"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Microsoft Exchange datasource example

Sample request

GET https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/datasets/{datasetId}/datasources

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "value": [
    {
      "datasourceType": "Exchange",
      "datasourceId": "4d126fc8-1568-46aa-ba16-ccf19b18f012",
      "gatewayId": "7f1c4e55-544b-403f-b132-da0d3a024674",
      "connectionDetails": {
        "emailAddress": "john@contoso.com"
      }
    }
  ]
}

OData example

Sample request

GET https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/datasets/{datasetId}/datasources

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "@odata.context": "http://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/groups/222f0f33-3abc-4a57-9f98-ff01bd2aaabb/$metadata#datasources",
  "value": [
    {
      "datasourceType": "OData",
      "connectionDetails": {
        "url": "http://services.odata.org/MyOdata/MyOdata.svc"
      },
      "datasourceId": "33cc5222-3fb9-44f7-b19d-ffbff18aaaf5",
      "gatewayId": "0a2dafe6-0e93-4120-8d2c-fae123c111b1"
    }
  ]
}

Oracle example

Sample request

GET https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/datasets/{datasetId}/datasources

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "@odata.context": "http://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/groups/222f0f33-3abc-4a57-9f98-ff01bd2aaabb/$metadata#datasources",
  "value": [
    {
      "datasourceType": "Oracle",
      "connectionDetails": {
        "server": "My-Oracle-Server",
        "database": "My-Oracle-Database"
      },
      "datasourceId": "33cc5222-3fb9-44f7-b19d-ffbff18aaaf5",
      "gatewayId": "0a2dafe6-0e93-4120-8d2c-fae123c111b1"
    }
  ]
}

Salesforce datasource example

Sample request

GET https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/datasets/{datasetId}/datasources

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "value": [
    {
      "datasourceType": "Salesforce",
      "datasourceId": "e8a6e0f5-b244-402a-ba5a-4d578609ede3",
      "gatewayId": "7f1c4e55-544b-403f-b132-da0d3a024674",
      "connectionDetails": {
        "classInfo": "report-detail",
        "loginServer": "https://login.salesforce.com/"
      }
    }
  ]
}

SAP HANA example

Sample request

GET https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/datasets/{datasetId}/datasources

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "@odata.context": "http://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/groups/222f0f33-3abc-4a57-9f98-ff01bd2aaabb/$metadata#datasources",
  "value": [
    {
      "datasourceType": "SAPHana",
      "connectionDetails": {
        "server": "My-SapHana-Server",
        "database": "My-SapHana-Database"
      },
      "datasourceId": "33cc5222-3fb9-44f7-b19d-ffbff18aaaf5",
      "gatewayId": "0a2dafe6-0e93-4120-8d2c-fae123c111b1"
    }
  ]
}

SharePoint example

Sample request

GET https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/datasets/{datasetId}/datasources

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "@odata.context": "http://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/groups/222f0f33-3abc-4a57-9f98-ff01bd2aaabb/$metadata#datasources",
  "value": [
    {
      "datasourceType": "SharePointList",
      "connectionDetails": {
        "url": "https://microsoft.sharepoint.com/hello/myproj/"
      },
      "datasourceId": "33cc5222-3fb9-44f7-b19d-ffbff18aaaf5",
      "gatewayId": "0a2dafe6-0e93-4120-8d2c-fae123c111b1"
    }
  ]
}

SQL example

Sample request

GET https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/datasets/{datasetId}/datasources

Sample response

Status code:
200 
{
  "@odata.context": "http://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/groups/222f0f33-3abc-4a57-9f98-ff01bd2aaabb/$metadata#datasources",
  "value": [
    {
      "datasourceType": "Sql",
      "connectionDetails": {
        "server": "My-As-Server",
        "database": "My-As-Database"
      },
      "datasourceId": "33cc5222-3fb9-44f7-b19d-ffbff18aaaf5",
      "gatewayId": "0a2dafe6-0e93-4120-8d2c-fae123c111b1"
    }
  ]
}

Definitions

Name Description
Datasource

A Power BI data source
DatasourceConnectionDetails

The Power BI data source connection details. See examples in Get Datasources or Get Datasources In Group.
Datasources

The OData response wrapper for a Power BI data source collection

Datasource

A Power BI data source

Name Type Description
connectionDetails

DatasourceConnectionDetails

The data source connection details
connectionString

string

(Deprecated) The data source connection string. Available only for DirectQuery.
datasourceId

string

The bound data source ID, which is empty when not bound to a gateway
datasourceType

string

The data source type
gatewayId

string

The bound gateway ID, which is empty when not bound to a gateway. When using a gateway cluster, the gateway ID refers to the primary (first) gateway in the cluster and is similar to the gateway cluster ID.
name

string

(Deprecated) The data source name. Available only for DirectQuery.

DatasourceConnectionDetails

The Power BI data source connection details. See examples in Get Datasources or Get Datasources In Group.

Name Type Description
account

string

The connection account
classInfo

string

The connection class information
database

string

The connection database
domain

string

The connection domain
emailAddress

string

The connection email address
kind

string

The connection kind
loginServer

string

The connection login server
path

string

The connection path
server

string

The connection server
url

string

The connection URL

Datasources

The OData response wrapper for a Power BI data source collection

Name Type Description
odata.context

string

OData context
value

Datasource[]

The data source collection