Reports - Update Datasources

Service:

Power BI REST APIs

API Version:

v1.0

Updates the data sources of the specified paginated report (RDL) from My workspace.

Important

Both the original data source and the new data source must have the exact same schema.

Permissions

The user must be the data source owner.

Required Scope

Reports.ReadWrite.All

Limitations

• Only supports paginated reports.
• Changing the data source type isn't supported.
  
  

POST https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/reports/{reportId}/Default.UpdateDatasources

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
reportId	path	True	string uuid	The report ID

Request Body

Name	Required	Type	Description
updateDetails	True	UpdateRdlDatasourceDetails[]	The update details for the data sources of the paginated report

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK		OK

Examples

Example

Sample request

POST https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/reports/cfafbeb1-8037-4d0c-896e-a46fb27ff229/Default.UpdateDatasources

Request Body

{
  "updateDetails": [
    {
      "datasourceName": "SqlDatasource",
      "connectionDetails": {
        "server": "New-Sql-Server",
        "database": "New-Sql-Database"
      }
    },
    {
      "datasourceName": "SqlAzureDatasource",
      "connectionDetails": {
        "server": "New-SqlAzure-Server.windows.net",
        "database": "New-SqlAzure-Database"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Sample response

Status code:

200

Definitions

Name	Description
RdlDatasourceConnectionDetails	The connection details for a paginated report data source
UpdateRdlDatasourceDetails	Update details for a paginated report data source
UpdateRdlDatasourcesRequest	A request to update the data sources of a paginated report

RdlDatasourceConnectionDetails

The connection details for a paginated report data source

Name	Type	Description
database	string	The connection database
server	string	The connection server

UpdateRdlDatasourceDetails

Update details for a paginated report data source

Name	Type	Description
connectionDetails	RdlDatasourceConnectionDetails	The new connection details for the paginated report data source
datasourceName	string	The name of the paginated report data source

UpdateRdlDatasourcesRequest

A request to update the data sources of a paginated report

Name	Type	Description
updateDetails	UpdateRdlDatasourceDetails[]	The update details for the data sources of the paginated report