Imports - Create Temporary Upload Location In Group

Service:

Power BI REST APIs

API Version:

v1.0

Creates a temporary blob storage upload location for importing large Power BI .pbix files that are between 1 GB and 10 GB in size.

To import large Power BI .pbix files:

1. Create a temporary upload location using this API call.
2. Upload the Power BI .pbix files using the shared access signature URL from the API call response.
3. Call Post Import In Group, specifying the shared access signature URL in the fileUrl parameter of the request body.

Permissions

This API call can be called by a service principal profile. For more information see: Service principal profiles in Power BI Embedded.

Required Scope

Dataset.ReadWrite.All

Limitations

Importing large Power BI .pbix files between 1 GB and 10 GB in size is only available for Premium capacity workspaces.

POST https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/groups/{groupId}/imports/createTemporaryUploadLocation

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
groupId	path	True	string uuid	The workspace ID

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	TemporaryUploadLocation	OK

Definitions

TemporaryUploadLocation

A Power BI update report content request

Name	Type	Description
ExpirationTime	string	The expiration date and time of the shared access signature URL
Url	string	The shared access signature URL for the temporary blob storage