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Imports the provided contents to the target workspace. It supports of types: 1) embedded report, 2) shared semantic model and 3) reports pointing to a specific shared semantic model.
Both .pbix and PBIP structures are supported.

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Target Properties

Property Name

Property Code

Required

Description

Azure Power BI Account

FDPBI_ACCOUNT_CODE

No

The account where we will import the files

Azure Power BI Workspace ID

FDPBI_TGT_WORKSPACE_ID

No

Workspace Id of the Power BI content

Azure Power BI Workspace Name

FDPBI_TGT_WORKSPACE_NAME

No

Workspace Name of the Power BI content. (Workspace Name is case-sensitive)

Import Status Timeout

FDPBI_TGT_IMPORT_STATUS_TIMEOUT

No

Timeout (in seconds) till when API will try to fetch the status of the import operation execution.

Default: 1200 seconds

Use Default Script

FDPBI_TGT_USE_DEFAULT_SCRIPT

No

Check if you want to use the Default Script to export PBIP Files. (Keep it checked for Linux Endpoint)

@Since 9.0.0.3

PowerShell Path

FDPBI_TGT_PWSH_PATH

No

PowerShell Path on the endpoint. (Only works with PowerShell 7 and above). Applicable when import PBIP files.

@Since 9.0.0.3

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Project Properties

Property Name

Property Code

Required

Description

Power BI File Format

FDPBI_FILE_FORMAT

No

The File Format specifying the type of file to save. Drop down will show PBIX and PBIP. Default is PBIX. If the project is dealing with import of PBIP type files, please select accordingly.

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Inputs

Input Name

Input Code

Required

Description

Power BI Account

FDPBI_INP_ACCOUNT_CODE

No

The account from where we will import the files

Skip Report

FDPBI_INP_SKIP_REPORT_LIST

No

CSV list of the pbix file names, for which report creation will be skipped. Primarily applicable during shared semantic model import. Only applicable for .pbix files.

Name Conflict

FDPBI_INP_NAME_CONFLICT

No

Specifies what to do if the resource with the same name already exists.

  • Abort

  • CreateOrOverwrite

  • Ignore

By default, it will be CreateOrOverwrite

Display Name

FDPBI_INP_DISPLAY_NAME

No

The display name of the content after import. User must provide it either in filename1:displayname1##filename2:displayname2 format or similar json format

Path To Import From

FDPBI_INP_SOURCE_DIR

No

The directory from where the .pbix/PBIP files will be listed and imported to target workspace.

By default, it will be FD_ARTIFACTS_DIR.

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Outputs

Output Name

Description

FDPBI_IMPORT_STATUS

Returns the JSON formatted output of the Import Status.

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Artifacts

This operation consumes artifacts from the artifacts repository.

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Endpoint Selection

This operation delegates the selection to the workflow developer to determine.

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Endpoint Execution

This operations delegates the execution to the workflow developer to decide.

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Special Considerations

One must manually adjust the sequence of report and semantic model files in the package, so that model gets deployed first and then the report. Otherwise, dependency error will occur such as Cannot import directly a report using byPath connection. You must first resolve the semantic model id and pass it[0m .

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Troubleshooting

While importing, you can come across the error -
Please make sure you are importing it to a workspace with enough capacity and the capacity is not paused. Ref: ModelOperationFailedDueToInvalidCapacityException … - Microsoft Fabric Community