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akhatri
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5 years ago
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Need Help - Salesforce Object DataSource.Error

Hi all,   I have a number of dashboard which I have built using the Salesforce Object connector and they have been working great, last week when I went back to them to adjust a couple things I now ...
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  • v-yingjl's avatar
    v-yingjl
    5 years ago

    Hi akhatri ,

    You can use Table.Removecolumns() to remove the filtered columns from the source table to get the retain columns:

     

    let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("VdFdDsQgCATgu/S5SWXwr2dpev9rbEGdxRcStvLJuM9ziFxyISEd5yG4pHyN3NZ0K/oVZCv2m/qpxK/peE8nEIlKwkuxIlaqOdbC2zzKJDQSbRFovJHiOOVL2RbQReRIdBKyNh93ww40boEtSInEzSDCwcyZutlfO4kaCKRF6D9DX7n8TT2Di+BbtEgIgxRem+kQk+lMokcC2z/iQaBcoFGUbYs7EsotEtMICaXTxutOQlI0MtcAJ2WNj2AtlPf9AQ==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Column1 = _t, Column2 = _t, Column3 = _t, Column4 = _t, Column5 = _t, Column6 = _t, Column7 = _t, Column8 = _t, Column9 = _t, Column10 = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Column1", type date}, {"Column2", type date}, {"Column3", Int64.Type}, {"Column4", Int64.Type}, {"Column5", Int64.Type}, {"Column6", Int64.Type}, {"Column7", Int64.Type}, {"Column8", Int64.Type}, {"Column9", Int64.Type}, {"Column10", Int64.Type}}),
    #"Removed Other Columns" = Table.SelectColumns(#"Changed Type",{"Column1", "Column3", "Column4", "Column5", "Column6"}),
    #"Remain columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Changed Type",{"Column1", "Column3", "Column4", "Column5", "Column6"})
in
    #"Remain columns"

     

    #"Removed Other Columns" will return the filtered table and #"Remain columns" will return the retained table.

     

    Best Regards,
    Community Support Team _ Yingjie Li
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2 years ago

Hi akhatri I know this reply is very late. I've used the Salesforce connector but I had some issues. As a workarodund, maybe you can try to test your connection with a 3rd party connector. I've tried windsor.ai, supermetrics and funnel.io. I stayed with windsor because it is much cheaper so just to let you know other options. In case you wonder, to make the connection first search for the Salesforce connector in the data sources list:

 

 

After that, just grant access to your Salesforce account using your credentials, then on preview and destination page you will see a preview of your Salesforce fields:

 

 

 There just select the fields you need. It is also compatible with custom fields and custom objects, so you'll be able to export them through windsor.  Finally, just select PBI as your data destination and finally just copy and paste the url on PBI --> Get Data --> Web --> Paste the url.