How we can automate the deployment of PBIX reports to Power BI Report Server and changing Datasource connection string Pro-grammatically

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How we can automate the deployment of PBIX reports to Power BI Report Server and changing Datasource connection string Pro-grammatically.?

I need to automate the deployment of PBIX reports to Power BI Report Server and programmatically update the data source connection string. What are the best methods or scripts available to achieve this? Any insights on using PowerShell, REST API, or other automation tools would be helpful.

score 0 · Answer 1 · Feb 19

It is good to automate the deployment of PBIX files and update the data source connection string in the Power BI Report Server:

PowerShell with the use of REST API:

Invoke-RestMethod would be to deploy the PBIX.

Updating of the data source is done via the /API/v2.0/DataSources API endpoint.

Alternative approaches to all the above can be:

Deployment with RS.exe.

Modify SQL/SSAS connections using XMLA scripts.

Automation Tools:

Power Automate for scheduling the operations.

Azure DevOps or Jenkins is used for the CI/CD pipeline.

Of course, proper authentication must be ensured due to changes in a staging environment before deployment. Do let me know if you need scripts as examples!