New-PowerBIColumn
Creates a new Power BI column object.
Syntax
Default (Default)
New-PowerBIColumn
-Name <String>
-DataType <PowerBIDataType>
[<CommonParameters>]
Description
Initiates the creation of a new Power BI column object. Columns are building blocks for constructing a table object.
Examples
Example 1
PS C:\>$col1 = New-PowerBIColumn -Name ID -DataType Int64
PS C:\>$col2 = New-PowerBIColumn -Name Data -DataType String
PS C:\>$table1 = New-PowerBITable -Name SampleTable1 -Columns $col1,$col2
PS C:\>
PS C:\>$col3 = New-PowerBIColumn -Name ID -DataType Int64
PS C:\>$col4 = New-PowerBIColumn -Name Date -DataType DateTime
PS C:\>$col5 = New-PowerBIColumn -Name Detail -DataType String
PS C:\>$col6 = New-PowerBIColumn -Name Result -DataType Double
PS C:\>$table2 = New-PowerBITable -Name SampleTable2 -Columns $col3,$col4,$col5,$col6
PS C:\>
PS C:\>$dataset = New-PowerBIDataSet -Name SampleDataSet -Tables $table1,$table2
PS C:\>
PS C:\>Add-PowerBIDataSet -DataSet $dataset
This example instantiates a table with two columns and another table with four columns, and instantiates a dataset. Then, it creates the dataset in Power BI.
Parameters
-DataType
A type of the column.
Parameter properties
| Type: | PowerBIDataType |
| Default value: | None |
| Accepted values: | Int64, Double, Boolean, DateTime, String |
| Supports wildcards: | False |
| DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
(All)
| Position: | Named |
| Mandatory: | True |
| Value from pipeline: | False |
| Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
| Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-Name
A column name.
Parameter properties
| Type: | String |
| Default value: | None |
| Supports wildcards: | False |
| DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
(All)
| Position: | Named |
| Mandatory: | True |
| Value from pipeline: | False |
| Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
| Value from remaining arguments: | False |
CommonParameters
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutBuffer, -OutVariable, -PipelineVariable, -ProgressAction, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.