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Extracting Power Query queries
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#Finding the portnumber on which the $Embedded$ tabular model is running on | |
$embedded = "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Microsoft\Power BI Desktop\AnalysisServicesWorkspaces" | |
$ports = Get-ChildItem $embedded -rec | where {$_.Name -eq "msmdsrv.port.txt"} | |
$port = Get-Content $ports.FullName -Encoding Unicode | |
#Getting the data sources from the $Embedded$ tabular model | |
[xml] $db = Invoke-ASCmd -Server:localhost:$port -Query:"SELECT * from `$SYSTEM.TMSCHEMA_DATA_SOURCES" | |
$db.return.root.row | |
$cs = $db.return.root.row.ConnectionString | |
#Cleaning up the connection string | |
$b64 = $cs.Split(";")[-1].Trim("Mashup=").Trim("""") | |
$bytes = [Convert]::FromBase64String($b64) | |
$temp = "c:\temp" | |
#Output to a binary ZIP file | |
[IO.File]::WriteAllBytes("$temp\a.zip", $bytes) | |
#Unzip | |
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem | |
[System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory("$temp\a.zip","$temp\a") | |
#TADA! | |
($m = Get-Content $temp\a\Formulas\Section1.m) |
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