Updating CSV Files in the SAP BI Repository

[mike-rs]

Hi All,

I am trying to find a programmatic way of updating a csv file in the repository, specifically one that is used by a Webi report as a data source.  For Excel sources all is well.  There are RESTful calls to add a spread sheet to the repository (POST /spreadsheets) and to update it (PUT /spreadsheets/<spreadsheet_id>).  But for text\csv files there is a call to add a file to the repository (POST /infostore/folder/<folder_id>/file) but nothing to update it.  Using this call on a newer version of the csv file will create a new object in the repository with a new SI_ID.  I've thought of doing this and repointing existing Webis to the new repository object but there seems to be a gap in the RESTful SDKs too when it comes to repointing text dataproviders.

Can anybody give me hope that this is actually possible with the current SDKs, RESTful or otherwise? 

Many thanks,

Mike

[nachtaktiv]

How about saving the files in a shared network-folder and using this as source?

[mike-rs]

Thanks nachtaktiv. A good point. For a number of internal reasons the ask is that source files are held in the SAP BI repository rather than on a network drive.