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Anonymous
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10 years ago

Hi pierrebijl,

I am not familiar with Strava.

According to this submitted idea, Power BI doesn’t import gpx files from Strava properly. However, based on my research, there are some workarounds for this issue.

For example, you can consider to convert GPX files from Strava to CSV file following the instructions in this blog, then import the CSV file to Power BI Desktop, create report and publish it to Power BI Service.

Another method is to connect Power BI to your Strava account using the Strava API and JSON. For more details, please review this blog.

Thanks,
Lydia Zhang

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pierrebijl
New Member
10 years ago
Thanks Lydia,

I found that one too, but there is no explanation.
I like to have an "live" connection with Power BI.
So when I went cycling and I connect to my Power BI page and refresh I have an updated overview.
All the API stuff is coding and I don't understand where I can use coding. I don't want to make a program or any kind or executable.
Just a connection to a database???
Would be great if anyone could help.
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    Anonymous
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    10 years ago

    Hi pierrebijl,

    I would recommend you vote the above idea as there is no easy method to directly connect to the database in Power BI.

    And personally, I would suggest you convert the files to CSV and conect to the CSV from Power BI. Regarding to the API code issue, you can contact the author of the above blog.

    Thanks,
    Lydia Zhang