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danzrust
Helper IV
Helper IV

Lines.FromBinary(Web.Contents("https://somerurl")) Cannot Be Refreshed in Online UI?

Hi guys,

my query is starting with Lines.FromBinary(Web.Contents("https://somerurl")) ...

 

Is Line.FromBinary() not supported when trying to refresh the dataset in the online UI? 

 

I keep getting messages about setting up the gateways and all that crap. The fact is that the URL is public...

 

It works fine on desktop but when I publish, the refresh is failing.

 

DZ

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v-yulgu-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi @danzrust,

 

Can you show me the Power Query?

 

When I connect to the Web page https://www.carcomplaints.com/news/2017/, the default Power Query code is:

let
    Source = Web.Page(Web.Contents("https://www.carcomplaints.com/news/2017/")),
    Data0 = Source{0}[Data]
in
    Data0

If using Web.Page function, we do need a gateway. However, if I change the Web.Page function to Lines.FromBinary, error prompts.

 

Regards,

Yuliana Gu

Community Support Team _ Yuliana Gu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

Here is the PBIX: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OjSRBs2YPUnpv405pfMMMl53zWrQXCS7/view?usp=sharing

 

The UI tells me that "datasource requires gateway to refresh....".


DZ

avisingh
Advocate III
Advocate III

DZ, any chance you can share the URL you are connecting to?
(you did say it was public 🙂 )

Power On!
-Avi
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