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moltra
Helper IV
5 years ago
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storing data from a web API

I am going to be pulling data from a web API on a weekly basis.  The API returns 7 days of data at a time.  I will be refreshing this data Either daily or Weekly.     I want to save the data retrie...
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  • parry2k's avatar
    parry2k
    5 years ago

    moltra maybe use ADF (Azure Data Factory) or Power Automate, make an API call, store data on blob storage or insert in SQL Server and then use Power BI to read from the stored data.

     

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parry2k
Super User
5 years ago

v-lionel-msft I don't understand how that solves the problem posted by moltra. Can you explain?

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    moltra
    Helper IV
    5 years ago

    it does not, I tried using a dataflow to connect to the Weather API and then tried to append to a second dataflow that was from a csv file on one drive.  It would append the data to the 2nd dataflow, but it would not update the csv with the data, so the data would not be saved.