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olimilo
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6 years ago

Streaming Dataset from a JSON API

Hi everyone, So we are pulling data from a websource using a JSON API. However, the data that we get from the JSON API is not laid out in a flat file-like structure but has columns that look like th...
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Greg_Deckler
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6 years ago

olimilo - Use Azure Streaming Analytics to transform your data prior to getting to Power BI.

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    olimilo
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    6 years ago

    Hi Greg_Deckler amitchandak 

    I tried refreshing the data using the dataset tab in the PBI service and got this error: Query contains unsupported function. Function name: Web.Contents.

     

    Which is funny because when I refreshed the data in PBI desktop, the refresh went without a hitch. Will this have any bearing on us trying to achieve a realtime connection to our data? This is the connector that I used:

     

     

     

    = Json.Document(Web.Contents(JSONSourceURL, [Timeout=#duration(0, 0, 30, 0), Headers=[#"User-Agent"="Power BI", Accept="application/jsonapi", #"Content-Type"="application/json", Authorization="..."]]))

     

     

    Edit: I saw on the reference page below that JSON data sources does not support DirectQuery/Live connection - does that mean that we're out of options in this case? Or is it not possible for us to schedule data refreshes?

     

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/connect-data/power-bi-data-sources