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Power BI Post

Power BI Post

Nov 13, 2023

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Overview

Use this Snap to create, clone, and rebind data resources.

Prerequisites

None.

Support for Ultra Pipelines

Works in Ultra Pipelines. 

Limitations

None.

Known Issues

None.

Snap Input and Output

Input/Output

Type of View

Number of Views

Examples of Upstream and Downstream Snaps

Description

Input/Output

Type of View

Number of Views

Examples of Upstream and Downstream Snaps

Description

Input 

Document

  • Min: 1

  • Max: 1

  • Mapper Snap

  • Copy Snap

A document containing the data to post into the workspace.

Output

Document

  • Min: 0

  • Max: 1

  • Mapper Snap

  • Copy Snap

A document containing success/failure confirmation along with the newly-posted data's details.

Snap Settings

Parameter Name

Data Type

Description

Default Value

Example 

Parameter Name

Data Type

Description

Default Value

Example 

Label

String

Power BI Delete

Delete Employee Record

Workspace

String

Required. Enter the workspace in which to post the resource. Alternatively, click the 

 icon to fetch a list of workspaces associated with the Power BI account and select the workspace. 

My Workspace

Employee Records

Entity type

String

Required. Select the entity type to post.

Available options are:

  • Dashboard: Single-page canvas for visualizations based on reports. The visualization units are called tiles.

  • Report: Visualized interpretations, findings, and insights of a dataset. A report can include many pages.

  • Dataset: Collection of tables from different data sources ready for reporting and visualizations.

  • Gateway: Connections between Power BI's cloud-based analysis service and on-premise data sources.

  • Dataflow: Collection of entities (tables) that you create and manage in workspaces.

  • Dataflow Storage Accounts: Stores data flows in the organization's Azure Data Lake Storage account and connects them to Power BI.

Dashboard

Report

Entity operation

String

Select the post-operation to perform. The available options vary upon your configuration of the Entity type field. Alternatively, you can also enter the operation's name manually.

Available options are:

  • Dashboard

    • Add Dashboard

    • Clone Tile

  • Dataset

    • Bind to Gateway

  • Report

    • Clone Report

  • Gateway

    • Add Datasource User

N/A

Add Dashboard

Connection details

Use this field set to configure the network connection parameters.

This field set consists of the following fields:

  • Connection timeout

  • Number of retries

  • Retry interval (seconds)

Connection timeout

Integer

Required. Specify the connection timeout duration in seconds.

0

30

Number of retries

Integer

Required. Specify the maximum number of re-connections if the connection fails or is timed-out.

10

4

Retry interval (seconds)

Integer

Required. Specify the interval in seconds between reconnections.

10

30

Snap Execution

String

Specifies the execution type:

  • Validate & Execute: Performs limited execution of the Snap (up to 50 records) during Pipeline validation; performs full execution of the Snap (unlimited records) during Pipeline execution.

  • Execute only: Performs full execution of the Snap during Pipeline execution; does not execute the Snap during Pipeline validation.

  • Disabled: Disables the Snap and, by extension, its downstream Snaps.

Execute only

Validate & Execute

Troubleshooting