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I am pulling data from REST API source.
One of the Columns in the Query invokes a function with an API call.
I would like to save this step as a JSON file AS-IS, without having to "expand" this column (that contains Records) to columns.
Is it possible with Dataflows Gen2? Maybe save to Lakehouse as a file but not as a table?
Currently, when I choose Lakehouse as a source, it only prompts me for a Table name and says:
"A new table will be created in Lakehouse"
I need to save a JSON file, not a table. And I want to use the Dataflow, not Data Factory.
Please help
Solved! Go to Solution.
Dataflows Gen2 doesn't have a way to save the binary as is today. I encourage you to to post your idea to make this feature available in Dataflow Gen2 from the link below:
However, it is possible to query a REST API with pipelines and save the results as a binary using Pipelines. You can use the copy activity for it:
How to copy data using copy activity - Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Learn
Dataflows Gen2 doesn't have a way to save the binary as is today. I encourage you to to post your idea to make this feature available in Dataflow Gen2 from the link below:
However, it is possible to query a REST API with pipelines and save the results as a binary using Pipelines. You can use the copy activity for it:
How to copy data using copy activity - Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Learn
Thanks, @miguel
I am not talking about saving a binary, but a simple JSON/text file.
I did open an idea, please vote:
https://ideas.fabric.microsoft.com/ideas/idea/?ideaid=b9b321af-be2a-ee11-a81c-000d3a0ec312
Thank you for posting the idea!
Basically at its core the file is considered a binary and then you can define what extension such file / binary might have or how it might be interpreted or how it should be encoded.
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