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surfersamu
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8 years ago
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Query iteration

Hi   I have a table with list of ids and would like to make a get request that needs to be iterated and interpolated into the query.   This is what I have:                   ...
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    surfersamu
    8 years ago

    After a week of work and with the help from the guys from TechNet! My query has succesfully ran!

     

    All I had to do is create a custom function that takes in a value id as a number and interpolates it:

     

    (id as number) =>
    let
       Source = Json.Document(Web.Contents("https://api.icims.com/customers/0000/people/"&Text.From(Id)&"", [Headers=[Accept="Basic fakecredentials"]]))
    in
       Source

    Another query calling that function(The text highligthed with red is the important stuff):

     

    let
        Source = Json.Document(Web.Contents("https://api.icims.com/customers/0000/search/people?searchJson={ ""filters"": [ { ""name"": ""person.firstname"", ""value"": [""""], ""operator"": ""!="" } ] }", [Headers=[Accept="Basic faketoken"]])),
        #"Converted to Table" = Record.ToTable(Source),
        #"Expanded Value" = Table.ExpandListColumn(#"Converted to Table", "Value"),
        #"Expanded Value1" = Table.ExpandRecordColumn(#"Expanded Value", "Value", {"id"}, {"Value.id"}),
        #"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectRows(#"Expanded Value1", each true),
        #"Value id1" = #"Filtered Rows"[Value.id],
    
        ToTable = Table.FromList(#"Value id1", Splitter.SplitByNothing(), null, null, ExtraValues.Error),
        Renamed = Table.RenameColumns(ToTable,{{"Column1", "ID"}}),
        Added = Table.AddColumn(Renamed, "Custom", each GetRecords([ID]))
    in
        Added

    This second query has a column with IDs. The red text.. gets the results of the function I created GetRecords(ID) and returns all of the records.

     

    Here's the link to the TechNet thread: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/ef3d163d-aced-4a13-8183-5d529cc5a678/how-can-i-loop-through-an-array-and-interpolate-the-number?forum=powerquery

     

    Thanks everybody! I hope someone finds this useful!