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moltra
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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 retrieved via the API for use in the future.  

 

What would be the best way to store the data from the Web API using Power BI.

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parry2k
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@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
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@v-lionel-msft doesn't make any sense, every time a call is made it will do a full data refresh and if you read the original question your reply doesn't solve the problem until I'm totally off track. Please explain how it solves the original question posted by @moltra 



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v-lionel-msft
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Hi @parry2k ,

 

Store data in Power BI Service in the form of Dataflow. You can connect to this dataflow directly when creating a report.

 

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Lionel Chen

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parry2k
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@v-lionel-msft I don't understand how that solves the problem posted by @moltra. Can you explain?



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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.

v-lionel-msft
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Community Support

Hi @moltra ,

 

v-lionel-msft_0-1622439459199.png

You can create a Dataflow in Power BI Service. In my opinion this suits you well.

Creating a dataflow - Power BI | Microsoft Docs

 

Best regards,
Lionel Chen

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parry2k
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@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.

 

Check my latest blog post Comparing Selected Client With Other Top N Clients | PeryTUS  I would ❤ Kudos if my solution helped. 👉 If you can spend time posting the question, you can also make efforts to give Kudos to whoever helped to solve your problem. It is a token of appreciation!

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