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Tuan's avatar
Tuan
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6 years ago
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Shopify API - JSON Query Parsing

I'm a newbie at querying JSON APIs. I'm currently pulling Shopify api with read access. It comes into power query as a flat list. Is there a good way to break up all the Dimension and Facts tables or...
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  • mahoneypat's avatar
    mahoneypat
    6 years ago

    You should be able to do all of this in the query editor, and not need DAX tables.  Your approach to reference your initial query to make your other tables is a good practice, but there are some settings to consider when doing this.  This video has a good explanation of them, and their impact on the number of API calls made.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uKNNZqBIkg

     

    If this works for you, please mark it as the solution.  Kudos are appreciated too.  Please let me know if not.

    Regards,

    Pat

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CoderZen08
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1 year ago

Hi Tuan were you able to find a solution? As a workaround, maybe you can try to test your connection with a 3rd party connector, which pulls data from the Shopify API directly. I've tried windsor.ai, supemetrics 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 Shopify connector in the data sources list:

 

 

After that, you need to follow instructions and install the windsor.ai app from the Shopify App Store:

 

 

then on preview and destination page you will see a preview of your Shopify fields

 

 

There just select the fields you need. Finally, just select PBI as your data destination and finally just copy and paste the url on PBI --> Get Data --> Web --> Paste the url