Manage Microsoft Fabric / Power BI Service workspaces and datasets via powerbi-agent — authenticate, list workspaces, list datasets, trigger refreshes. Invoke when the user mentions Fabric, Power BI Service, workspace, dataset refresh, or publishing to the cloud. Use when the user mentions: Activate when the user mentions Microsoft Fabric, Power BI Service, workspaces, cloud datasets, or dataset refresh. Requires Azure authentication..
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name: powerbi-fabric
description: Manage Microsoft Fabric / Power BI Service workspaces and datasets via powerbi-agent — authenticate, list workspaces, list datasets, trigger refreshes. Invoke when the user mentions Fabric, Power BI Service, workspace, dataset refresh, or publishing to the cloud. Use when the user mentions: Activate when the user mentions Microsoft Fabric, Power BI Service, workspaces, cloud datasets, or dataset refresh. Requires Azure authentication..
license: MIT
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# Skill: Fabric / Power BI Service Operations
## Trigger
Activate when the user mentions Microsoft Fabric, Power BI Service, workspaces, cloud datasets, or dataset refresh. Requires Azure authentication.
## Authentication
```bash
# Interactive device-code / browser login (run this first)
pbi-agent fabric login
```
## Commands
```bash
# List workspaces the authenticated user can access
pbi-agent fabric workspaces
# List semantic models (datasets) in a workspace (defaults to "My Workspace" if omitted)
pbi-agent fabric datasets
pbi-agent fabric datasets --workspace "Finance Analytics"
pbi-agent fabric datasets -w "00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444"
# Trigger a dataset refresh (returns immediately by default)
pbi-agent fabric refresh "Sales Model"
# Wait for the refresh to complete before returning
pbi-agent fabric refresh "Sales Model" --workspace "Finance Analytics" --wait
```
## Guidance
- `--workspace` accepts either a workspace **name** or a **GUID**.
- `--wait` polls until the refresh terminates (Completed / Failed / Cancelled). Use for CI pipelines; skip for interactive triggering.
- Refreshes require the dataset's scheduled refresh credentials to be configured in the service — this CLI does not set credentials.
- For dataset names with spaces or special chars, always quote them.
## Common Failures
- **"Not authenticated"** → run `pbi-agent fabric login` first
- **"Workspace not found"** → run `pbi-agent fabric workspaces` to verify the exact name/ID
- **Refresh returns 400 / credentials missing** → configure dataset credentials in the Power BI Service UI; powerbi-agent only triggers refreshes
- **Token expired** → re-run `pbi-agent fabric login`
