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Hi everyone,
I'm using a SharePoint list to track work items. For consisntency I use the Person or group data type for "Requestor" and "Assigned To" and Choice data type for "Output type".
I would like to build a PM dashboard with this data but when I connect to Power BI using Online Services, "Sharepoint list" i get a generic [Table] or [List] for anything that's not in a text of number data type. If I go ahead an visualise the values are not shown , I only see a "list" item in any X axis i make.
Does anyone know how I can pull the actual values or the tables that have those values so I can build a model?
Thank you in advance.
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Thank you very much! This was helpful. Didn't know about those options. However, I ended up using this method here: https://whitepages.tygraph.com/2016/07/simplified-method-working-sharepoint-data-power-bi/
Thank you @Anonymous!
Thank you very much! This was helpful. Didn't know about those options. However, I ended up using this method here: https://whitepages.tygraph.com/2016/07/simplified-method-working-sharepoint-data-power-bi/
Thank you @Anonymous!
Hi
You can use this connection in powerquery in order to expand the fields who retrieve lists or tables.
You will be provided with the option bellow
Kind regards,
José
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Appreciate your kudos! 🙂
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