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HarrisonBi
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How to refresh API data?

Hey guys,

 

I am new to using APIs and wanted to get some help to see if I'm on the right track or not. I need to get data from ServiceNow and I have managed to connect to the 3 relevant tables I need in servicenow using API links I generated in ServiceNow rest API explorer.

 

What I am to confused with now is, how do I return all 30,000 records into Power Bi and then how do I set up a refresh? Am I supposed to only refresh rows that have had a change? Am I supposed to refresh all the rows like you would in an SQL database table?

 

It looks like I can only bring in 10,000 records I believe. Am I approaching this correct or is there a better way to do this?

 

Thanks 

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Hello @HarrisonBi 

I would like to propose you to try out an alternative option connecting Power BI and Servicenow:

Power BI Connector for ServiceNow app

We have a handy User and Admin Guides for your convenience, but feel free to reach out support team at support@alpha-serve.com if you need any assistance.

Cheers,

Anton

amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@HarrisonBi , for Incremental , refer if this can help

https://sqldusty.com/2020/05/20/power-bi-incremental-refresh-with-web-api-data-source/

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