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Hello everyone,
I started using PowerBi for my work 3 month ago. I started connecting to data from the WorldBank (all is working great). However, now i'm stuck because I can not import data from UNdata, because they use SDMX API. I read a lot about it, and found out that there's currently no SMDX connector in PowerBI. But I also found out on this forum that there's a "hard way" to do it (connect to data in SDMX) and make it work.
Could someone please explain to me how can I have data from UNdata, in a user friendly shape?
Thanks a lot for your help,
Thomas.
Hi,
Thanks for your help, I already saw these topics but it doesn't really helped me because the websites in these topics already have a SDMX-JSON option, which UNdata doesn't have.
They provide different manner to connect to their datas, but I can't make it work in PowerBI. For example they also provide these kind of link to their data : https://data.un.org/ws/rest/data/UIS,DF_UNData_UIS,1.1/.SLE_0....../ALL/?detail=full&dimensionAtObse...
Is it possible to use this link in PBI in order to have a userfriendly table to work with? I tried but I only had errors... I'm sorry but I'm still learning.
Thanks for the help,
Kind Regards,
Thomas
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