The document below describes the various powershell scripts available for Power BI dataflows. These rely on the Power BI public REST APIs and the Power BI PowerShell modules.
Below is a table of the various Power BI PowerShell modules found in this repository.
| Description | Module Name |
|---|---|
| Export all dataflows from a workspace | ExportWorkspace.ps1 |
| Imports all dataflows into a workspace | ImportWorkspace.ps1 |
| Imports a single dataflow | ImportModel.ps1 |
| Refresh a single dataflow | RefreshModel.ps1 |
For more information on Powershell support for Power BI, please visit powerbi-powershell on GitHub
- Windows PowerShell v3.0 and up with .NET 4.7.1 or above.
- PowerShell Core (v6) and up on any OS platform supported by PowerShell Core.
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The scripts depend on the MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt module which can be installed as follows:
Install-Module -Name MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt
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If you have an earlier version, you can update to the latest version by running:
Update-Module -Name MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt
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Download all the scripts from the GitHub Location into a local folder.
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Unblock the script by right click on the files and select “Unblock” after you download. Otherwise you might get a warning when you run the script.
If you want to uninstall all the Power BI PowerShell cmdlets, run the following in an elevated PowerShell session:
Get-Module MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt* -ListAvailable | Uninstall-Module -ForceThe APIs below supports two optional parameters:
-Environment: A flag to indicate specific Power BI environments to log in to (Public, Germany, USGov, China, USGovHigh, USGovMil). Default is Public
-V: A flag to indicate whether to produce verbose output. Default is false.
Exports all the dataflow model.json from a Power BI workspace into a folder:
.\ExportWorkspace.ps1 -Workspace "Workspace1" -Location C:\dataflows Imports all the dataflow model.json from a folder into a Power BI workspace. This script also fixes the reference models to point to the right dataflow in the current workspace:
.\ImportWorkspace.ps1 -Workspace "Workspace1" -Location C:\dataflows -OverwriteImports a dataflow model.json into a Power BI workspace:
.\ImportModel.ps1 -Workspace "Workspace1" -File C:\MyModel.json -OverwriteRefreshes a dataflow and optionally triggers the refresh of depending datasets.
.\RefreshModel.ps1 -Workspace "Workspace1" -Dataflow "Dataflow1" -RefreshDatasets