Hi Ravindra,
It is possible to implement a mechanism to switch between Staging and Production environments dynamically while developing a Power BI Custom Connector. You can achieve this using M language. Here are two suggestions:
Using System Environment Variable:
- Power BI Custom Connector can read system environment variables. You can use these variables to determine which environment the connector is running in.
- For example, you can create an environment variable named Environment. This variable can have values like Staging or Production.
- In M language, you can read this variable and use the appropriate connection strings.
Using Local Configuration File:
- The connector can read a local configuration file (e.g., .txt or .json) where you store environment information.
- By reading the file content using M language, you can determine which environment the connector is running in.
- For example, you can have a config.json file with the following structure
{
"environment": "Staging"
}
- In M language, you can read this file and use the appropriate connection strings.
Example M Code:
let
// Reading environment variable
environment = Environment.GetVariable("Environment"),
// Reading configuration file
config = Json.Document(File.Contents("config.json")),
environment = config[environment],
// Connection strings based on environment
source = if environment = "Staging" then
"https://staging.api.example.com/data"
else
"https://production.api.example.com/data"
in
source
With these methods, you can dynamically determine which environment your Power BI Custom Connector is running in and use the appropriate connection strings. I hope this helps!
Thanks
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