Data source entity

Updated: September 15, 2017

A data source entity is a JSON representation of a registered data source for a gateway in the Power BI service.

Content-Type

application/json

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
id	Read-only	Globally unique data source identifier
Name	Read-only	Friendly data source name
gatewayId	Read-only	Globally unique gateway identifier
datasourceType	Read-only	Data source type
connectionDetails	Read-only	Connection details for the data source. This could include the server and database.
credentialType	Read-only	Type of authentication
encryptedConnection	Read-only	Specifies whether the connection should be encrypted
privacyLevel	Read-only	Data source privacy level

Example

{
    "id": "2d2ba027-7e75-4940-9b2d-25ca2974b57d",
    "datasourceName": "Contoso Data Source",
    "gatewayId": "575effbc-4542-4def-8012-2d2a3a17d211",
    "datasourceType": "SqlServer|AnalysisServices|...",
    "connectionDetails": {"server":"Pbio-PP-WS2016","database":"EGW-Test"},
    "credentialType": "Windows|Basic|...",
}