How to change data source dates Dynamically on Month end

[supriya_13]

Hi All,

Is there any way to change/update Data source dates (from date - to date) dynamically every month end to fetch data?

e. g. http://api.xyz.com?CreatedDateFrom=2020-04-01&CreatedDateTo=2020-06-30

[Icey · Accepted solution]

Hi @supriya_13 ,

How about create 2 queries in Power Query Editor, and then use relative path, like:

let CreatedDateTo  = Date.EndOfMonth(DateTime.LocalNow()),
    #"Extracted Date" = Date.From(CreatedDateTo)
in
    #"Extracted Date"

let CreatedDateFrom  = Date.AddMonths(Date.EndOfMonth(DateTime.LocalNow()),-2),
    #"Extracted Date" = Date.From(CreatedDateFrom)
in
    #"Extracted Date"

Then, change your data source in Advance Editor like this:

Best Regards,

Icey

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[Icey · Accepted solution]

Hi @supriya_13 ,

Try this:

let CreatedDateFrom  = Date.AddMonths(Date.EndOfMonth(DateTime.LocalNow()),-2),
    #"Extracted Date" = Date.From(CreatedDateFrom),
    #"FormatDate" = Date.ToText(#"Extracted Date","yyyy-MM-dd")
in
    #"FormatDate"

Best Regards,

Icey

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[Icey · Accepted solution]

Hi @supriya_13 ,

Oh, I find the cause:

the problem is that the Power BI service wants to validate the URI before it commits to refreshing the data source. Because the URI isn’t static, there is no URI to validate.

Try something like this:

Web.Contents(
    "http://api.xyz.com", 
    [
        Query=
        [
            CreatedDateFrom=CreatedDateFrom, 
            CreatedDateTo=CreatedDateTo
        ]
    ]
)

Reference: 

Using The RelativePath And Query Options With Web.Contents() In Power Query And Power BI M Code;

Web.Contents(), M Functions And Dataset Refresh Errors In Power BI.

Best Regards,

Icey

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[Icey · Accepted solution]

Hi @supriya_13 ,

How about create 2 queries in Power Query Editor, and then use relative path, like:

let CreatedDateTo  = Date.EndOfMonth(DateTime.LocalNow()),
    #"Extracted Date" = Date.From(CreatedDateTo)
in
    #"Extracted Date"

let CreatedDateFrom  = Date.AddMonths(Date.EndOfMonth(DateTime.LocalNow()),-2),
    #"Extracted Date" = Date.From(CreatedDateFrom)
in
    #"Extracted Date"

Then, change your data source in Advance Editor like this:

Best Regards,

Icey

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[supriya_13]

Hi @Icey ,

This is really great.

Need 1 more help. I am not able to change the date format in advance query. I want date format ("YYYY-mm-dd") in advance query.

[Icey · Accepted solution]

Hi @supriya_13 ,

Try this:

let CreatedDateFrom  = Date.AddMonths(Date.EndOfMonth(DateTime.LocalNow()),-2),
    #"Extracted Date" = Date.From(CreatedDateFrom),
    #"FormatDate" = Date.ToText(#"Extracted Date","yyyy-MM-dd")
in
    #"FormatDate"

Best Regards,

Icey

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[supriya_13]

@Icey It worked. this is really awesome. 

Thanks Alot. Really appreciated. 

[supriya_13]

@Icey Schedular is not visible for these reports.  Its giving below error.

[Icey · Accepted solution]

Hi @supriya_13 ,

Oh, I find the cause:

the problem is that the Power BI service wants to validate the URI before it commits to refreshing the data source. Because the URI isn’t static, there is no URI to validate.

Try something like this:

Web.Contents(
    "http://api.xyz.com", 
    [
        Query=
        [
            CreatedDateFrom=CreatedDateFrom, 
            CreatedDateTo=CreatedDateTo
        ]
    ]
)

Reference: 

Using The RelativePath And Query Options With Web.Contents() In Power Query And Power BI M Code;

Web.Contents(), M Functions And Dataset Refresh Errors In Power BI.

Best Regards,

Icey

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[supriya_13 · Accepted solution]

Hi @Icey ,

It worked like this.

Thank you for you help. Really Appreciated.

[Icey]

Hi @supriya_13 ,

Please refer to these posts:

How to setting a dynamic URL connection;

Dynamic connection to Web URL.

Best Regards,

Icey

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[supriya_13]

@Icey @amitchandak Thank you for reply,Solution is nice but I am looking for settings that will run from back end automatically on month end (like schedular ) and no need to open the report, like what we do in normal coding. Something like that to save time (I have a lot of reports which contains 4-5 data source in single report)

[amitchandak]

@supriya_13 , Try if this can help

https://radacad.com/change-the-source-of-power-bi-datasets-dynamically-using-power-query-parameters