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Unable connect Shopify to Power BI
I have found the answer and thought i would share the exact steps.
The Shopify API is a REST API.
To get data within power BI, here are the steps in Power BI:
1) Get DATA
2) select WEB
3) Enter the URL (as basic) from the private app in shopify ("https://{apikey}:{password}@{hostname}/admin/api/2021-10/orders.json")
4) Select BASIC authentification
5) Username is the API Key
6) Password is the API Password
And that's it, you will then get access to the data in JSON format, convert it to table, expand the records and clean the table.
Many thanks
I have found the answer and thought i would share the exact steps.
The Shopify API is a REST API.
To get data within power BI, here are the steps in Power BI:
1) Get DATA
2) select WEB
3) Enter the URL (as basic) from the private app in shopify ("https://{apikey}:{password}@{hostname}/admin/api/2021-10/orders.json")
4) Select BASIC authentification
5) Username is the API Key
6) Password is the API Password
And that's it, you will then get access to the data in JSON format, convert it to table, expand the records and clean the table.
Many thanks
Helper IIIHi newbie74 were you able to find a solution? As a workaround, maybe you can try to test your connection with a 3rd party connector. I've tried windsor.ai, supemetrics and funnel.io. I stayed with windsor because it is much cheaper so just to let you know other options. In case you wonder, to make the connection first search for the Shopify connector in the data sources list:
After that, you need to follow instructions and install the windsor.ai app from the Shopify App Store:
then on preview and destination page you will see a preview of your Shopify fields
There just select the fields you need. Finally, just select PBI as your data destination and finally just copy and paste the url on PBI --> Get Data --> Web --> Paste the url.