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Anonymous
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API - Columns became rows

Edit: Solved, I was going about this the wrong way. Transpose columns before expanding rows and it works. Whoops 

 

First time trying to use an API directly into Power BI and ran into some issues, or maybe I'm just doing it wrong?

I'm getting data from Statistics Sweden (Swedish government agency) through this link.  Which I add as a "web" data source in Power BI.

 

What I want is a column for each of the categories with rows of values, like this:

 

regiontypetablecontent2020K12020K22020K32020K4
xza1174117216591232
xza29619688731004
xyb1116575469
xyb29411746118

 

But instead I get this:

 

codetextvaluetextselimination
Regionregion[List]TRUE
Hustyphustyp[List]TRUE
ContentsCodetabellinnehåll[List]null
Tidkvartal[List]null

 

And if I expand the [List] to new rows I just get a long list with the data in a single column like mentioned. 

Am I missing something in the previous "Applied Steps" in my query settings?

Thanks 

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Anonymous
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Thanks, I was doing it wrong...

If i Transpose the columns before expanding the lists it works. 

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v-lionel-msft
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Hi @Anonymous ,

 

Try to connect to this data source and expanded the List. Then, transform the table.

v-lionel-msft_0-1620198781584.png

 

Best regards,
Lionel Chen

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

 

 

Anonymous
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Thanks, I was doing it wrong...

If i Transpose the columns before expanding the lists it works. 

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