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How to load only required columns
Dear community, we are building dashboards using CDS and Dynamics as data sources. We load tables like accounts, contacts, activitypointers and activityparties. Those tables have a large amount o...
Thank you. Unfortunately, SQL server is not an option for us.
However, the following approach solved my problem:
- Create a new query
- Define the OData query as needed, instead of navigating from the top of the orgnisation:
= OData.Feed("https://org.api.crm.dynamics.com/api/data/v9.1/accounts?$select=accountid,name", null, [Implementation="2.0"])
Hi kiril ,
Currently power bi doesn't support importing specific columns into power bi desktop when connnecting to CDS and Dynamics. However, you can first import these columns into database(e.g.: sql server) and then use sql query to import specific columns into power bi.
Best Regards,
Stephen Tao
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