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Custom Connector - Test Connection - Navigation Pane

Hello,

I'm building a Proof of concept of a custom connector, and I'm having some issues at the moment of displaying the data in the navigation pane. I can retrieve data just fine without navigation pane, the key I'm using, a refresh token, works great if I retrieve a table directly. But because I'm using a TestConnection clause, the navigation pane seems use that method of authentication instead of the "normal" one.

 

Currently, I'm using this code for "Data Source Kind description".

 

 

PQExtension1 = [
    // TestConnection is required to enable the connector through the Gateway
    TestConnection = (dataSourcePath) => { "PQExtension1.Contents" },
    Authentication = [
         Key = [Label= "Refresh Token"]
    ],
    Label = "Test Connection"
];

 

 

 I'm using the function below to use the refresh token.

 

Extension.CurrentCredential()[Key]

 

 

For demonstration purposes, I've established the name of the table in the navigation pane, as the refresh token.

If I do the call from Visual Studio, I get the refresh token in the name, as the image below

acanepa_0-1597753828448.png

But, similarly, if I do the same action on PoweBi the name changes to TestConnection = (datasourcepath) =>

acanepa_1-1597753900184.png

Do you know how to solve this? Do I need to change the definition inside the TestConnection?

I'm using TestConnection for being able to use a Data Gateway. I got the examples from TriPin Github.

 

https://github.com/microsoft/DataConnectors/blob/master/samples/TripPin/9-TestConnection/TripPin.pq

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-query/handlinggatewaysupport

 

Regards,

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