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bstock
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SOAP API request works in Postman but can't get it to work in PowerBI

I am trying to connect to a SOAP API in Power BI and having some difficulties.  When I test the request in Postman, it works fine, and responds as I would expect, and I can see the data i'm looking for in the response.   If I save the response from Postman as an XML file, I can load it into PowerBI and use it no problem.

 

Problem is, when I try in Power BI to query the API directly, it appears to work, but I can't find the data that I'm looking for in the response, and I get the following error in the response data within Power BI: 

 

ORA-31011: XML parsing failed
ORA-19202: Error occurred in XML processing
LPX-00007: unexpected end-of-file encountered

 

Here is my request URL that works in postman, but doesn't seem to work in Power BI: 

 

 

 

https://apps5.somewebsite.com/tseta/servlet/salonws?xmldata=<taws><operation opstype="operation">export</operation><parameters><customercode>somecode</customercode>
<accesscode>someaccesscode</accesscode><username>someusername</username><startdatetime>07 feb 2019 0000</startdatetime><stopdatetime>07 feb 2019 2359</stopdatetime><activitytype>someactivity</activitytype></parameters></taws>

 

 

 

Any thoughts? 

 

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bstock
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So, answer was basically, I'm an idiot.  I had the wrong URL *facepalm*   Funny thing, once I corrected the URL, everything started to work. 

 

Thanks for the help folks. 

 

Bill

 

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bstock
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So, answer was basically, I'm an idiot.  I had the wrong URL *facepalm*   Funny thing, once I corrected the URL, everything started to work. 

 

Thanks for the help folks. 

 

Bill

 

v-frfei-msft
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Community Support

Hi @bstock ,

 

Hope the third - party blog can help you.

https://zappysys.com/blog/call-soap-api-power-bi-read-xml-web-service-data/

 

 

Community Support Team _ Frank
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