Joel Janke on 2022-11-17 19:41:43
The Get Reports API needs an update. As currently documented it says "Since paginated reports (RDL) don't have a dataset, the dataset ID value in the API response for paginated reports isn't displayed." At the time that was written, I imagine it was true that paginated reports did not have a dataset. Currently, however, paginated reports can be built on top of data set and this Get Reports API has not been updated to return that data set. Not having the data set ID means that hard coded data set IDs must be passed when generating the relevant multi-resource embed token.currently required for accessing a paginated report built on top of a dataset.
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In general, it would be nice to start to see more and more consistency across the API space whether one is working with a paginated report or working with a traditional Power BI report.
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Pierre GERAUD on 2022-04-05 07:05:00
Get the dataset ID as a datasource of a paginated report by Rest API
In order to embed a paginated report and in case of a paginated report with Power BI Dataset used as a datasource, we need to generate a token for this dataset. Indeed there is no easy way to get this ID from a specific paginated report. The idea is to include the dataset ID in the response of...