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eddyebeid
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need to connect Power BI to a Knack database

I need to connect Power BI to a Knack database , how do I do that, is there a Knack API I can use If yes, is it a ready product or it needs development

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Anonymous
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I tried using the famous solution that is there on web. But it keeps throwing an error in the blank query steps. Did anyone else got this error ?

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This being the error.

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Hi @Anonymous have you solve this already? mine having the same issue following the thread solution below. 

eshanpacheriwa
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Facing the issue that you did years ago. Did you find a workaround for it? I tried working with the links provided in the comment section but no luck. It keeps throwing errors and no table when I run the blank query. 

Yes, did manage to get it to work, bascically using the functionality described by MGR below. Of course there's a bit of adaptation to bring the functionality into PowerBi, but it's possible.

MGR
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The method I describe in this post has been working great for me for a long time:

https://medium.com/@mgr/querying-a-knack-object-from-excel-8f2b7163d81b

Anonymous
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Hi all, There's a thread about this in the Knack community forum:
https://support.knack.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/115000593232-Power-BI-or-Tableau-Integration

Debug_Bug
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I have the same need. Did you ever find a good solution that you could possibly share?

v-lili6-msft
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hi, @eddyebeid

    There is a similar issue here, you can refer to it.

There isn't an official data connector by now. Maybe you can submit an idea here: power-bi-ideas.

Maybe there is a workaround. You can try to use the Web connector with Knack API. Please refer to: https://www.knack.com/developer-documentation/#retrieving-records.

 

 

Reference:https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Extract-Multiple-Records-amp-amp-Objects-from-Knack/td-p/26...

 

Best Regards,

Lin

Community Support Team _ Lin
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