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power
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9 years ago

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Hi POWER BI folks,

 

I have done simple WEB DATA pulls where the source is just hyperlinked ( e.g. getting CSV data from the link).

 

Now I am trying to get the data from my portal that requires password AND before downloading all data there are 2 functions:

 

1. that just does select all 

<a id="btnSelectAll" class="important" href="javascript&colon;__doPostBack('ctl00$cphMain$btnSelectAll','')">Select All</a>

 

and 

 

2. an export link that executes export of data  to excel ( now this link is more like simple web data pull) 

 

 web data link

http://imgur.com/9hYhivM

<a id="btnExportAll" class="important" href="javascript&colon;__doPostBack('ctl00$cphMain$btnExportAll','')">Accounts &amp; People</a>

 

It looks like a 2 step process , ( manualy i log in , go to this page and click on the link selet all accounts, click on the export all accounts and excel is now on my computer-- then i just pick it up with POWER BI and i get a cool updated report in POWER BI) 

 

Now can we use POWER BI to kinda tell POWER bi TO CLICK CLICK CLICK and automate these 3 steps ? 

 

@vrossouw  @ImkeF,@MarcelBeug

2 Replies

  •  

    Hi POWER BI folks,

     

    I have done simple WEB DATA pulls where the source is just hyperlinked ( e.g. getting CSV data from the link).

     

    Now I am trying to get the data from my portal that requires password AND before downloading all data there are 2 functions:

     

    1. that just does select all 

    <a id="btnSelectAll" class="important" href="javascript&colon;__doPostBack('ctl00$cphMain$btnSelectAll','')">Select All</a>

     

    and 

     

    2. an export link that executes export of data  to excel ( now this link is more like simple web data pull) 

     

     web data link

    http://imgur.com/9hYhivM

    <a id="btnExportAll" class="important" href="javascript&colon;__doPostBack('ctl00$cphMain$btnExportAll','')">Accounts &amp; People</a>

     

    It looks like a 2 step process , ( manualy i log in , go to this page and click on the link selet all accounts, click on the export all accounts and excel is now on my computer-- then i just pick it up with POWER BI and i get a cool updated report in POWER BI) 

     

    Now can we use POWER BI to kinda tell POWER bi TO CLICK CLICK CLICK and automate these 3 steps ? 

     

    @vrossouw  @ImkeF,@MarcelBeug

  • v-ljerr-msft's avatar
    v-ljerr-msft
    Microsoft Employee

    Hi power,

     

    I am wondering if it is possible for you to use your api to call the functions needed with power query like what has done in this article in your scenario. :smileyhappy:

     

    Regards