Power BI Connector for GitHub

Build 25.0.9539

Branches

Contains detailed information about branches in a repository, including branch names and their relationships with other branches for version control.

Table-Specific Information

Select

The connector uses the GitHub API to process WHERE clause conditions that are built with the following column and operators:

  • Name supports the '=,IN' comparison operators.

For example, the following queries are processed server-side:

SELECT * FROM [Branches]
SELECT * FROM [Branches] WHERE [Name] = 'Val1'

The connector processes other filters client-side within the connector.

Insert

You can use the following columns to create (insert) a new record:

  • Name
  • TargetOid

You can use the following pseudo-column to create a new record: Force

INSERT INTO [Branches] ([Name], [TargetOid]) VALUES ('TestBranch', '6330b82300aa01f5f92cf7ac22e79ef261a5457a')

Update

You can use the following column to update a record: TargetOid

You can use the following pseudo-column to update a record: Force

UPDATE [Branches] SET [TargetOid] = '2fa01729273842c19b4ee9594f4f32007e4aea31', [Force] = 'true' WHERE [Id] = 'REF_kwDOOq2woLVyZWZzL2hlYWRzL1Rlc3RCcmFuY2g'

Delete

You can specify the following column to delete a record: Id

DELETE FROM [Branches] WHERE [Id] = 'REF_kwDOOq2woLRyZWZzL2hlYWRzL0RldkJyYW5jaA'

Columns

Name Type ReadOnly References Description
Id [KEY] String True

A unique identifier for the branch within the repository.

Name String False

The name of the branch, typically representing a feature, fix, or release.

Prefix String True

The standard prefix used for branch refs.

TargetId String True

The ID of the object the ref points to.

TargetOid String False

The Git object ID of the object the ref points to.

Pseudo-Columns

Pseudo-columns are fields that can be used in WHERE clauses to filter data, but do not contain data themselves.

Name Type Description
Force Bool

Permit updates of branch refs that are not fast-forwards.

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