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Automating Power BI Report Refresh History Extraction Using Admin API
Finding a Way to Extract Data: A Step-by-Step Guide
When managing multiple Power BI reports, monitoring refresh history is crucial to ensure data accuracy and performance. This article explains how to extract the refresh history of Power BI datasets programmatically using the Power BI Admin API, including examples of queries for Power Query implementation.
Why Use the Power BI Admin API?
The Power BI Admin API allows developers to manage and monitor Power BI resources programmatically. By leveraging the Get Refresh History endpoint, you can retrieve detailed information about dataset refresh operations, such as start time, end time, status, and attempts.
This automation is particularly useful for:
- Identifying frequent refresh failures.
- Monitoring refresh durations.
- Generating automated reports on refresh metrics.
Step 1: Setting Up Authentication
To interact with the Power BI Admin API, you need to authenticate using Azure AD and a Service Principal. Here’s the query to generate an access token:
