Imports - Create Temporary Upload Location

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

Creates a temporary blob storage upload location for importing large Power BI .pbix files that are between 1 GB and 10 GB in size.

To import large Power BI .pbix files:

  1. Create a temporary upload location using this API call.
  2. Upload the Power BI .pbix files using the shared access signature URL from the API call response.
  3. Call Post Import In Group, specifying the shared access signature URL in the fileUrl parameter of the request body.

See the Import Large Files PowerShell script for an example of using this API.

Required Scope

Dataset.ReadWrite.All

Limitations

Importing large Power BI .pbix files between 1 GB and 10 GB in size is only available for Premium capacity workspaces. 

POST https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/imports/createTemporaryUploadLocation

Responses

Name Type Description
200 OK

TemporaryUploadLocation

OK

Definitions

TemporaryUploadLocation

A Power BI update report content request

Name Type Description
ExpirationTime

string

The expiration date and time of the shared access signature URL
Url

string

The shared access signature URL for the temporary blob storage