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Custom data connector (SDK) help required
Hi Chris,
Thank you very much for your response, Yes, exactly, multi-level or nested navigation, I have tried using the hard-coded sample then changed the code to bring databases dynamically in the name part as below, i have tried to create a sample code for what I required, not sure how to loop through each table to pass its name and get the tables relevant to it:
shared NavigationTable.Nested = (url) as table => let objects
= #table( {"Name", "Key", "Data", "ItemKind", "ItemName", "IsLeaf"},
{ {GetDatabaseName(url), "n1", NavTable(url), "Database", "Database", false}
}), NavTable = Table.ToNavigationTable(objects, {"Key"}, "Name", "Data", "ItemKind", "ItemName", "IsLeaf") in NavTable;
GetDatabaseName= (url as text) as table =>
let
Source = DataConnector_3.Feed(url & "GetDatabases"),
json = Json.Document(Source,1252),
MyJsonTable= Table.FromRecords(json),
#"Removed Other Columns" = Table.SelectColumns(MyJsonTable,{"DBName"})
in
#"Removed Other Columns";
NavTable = (url as text) as table =>
let
source = #table({"Name", "Data", "ItemKind", "ItemName", "IsLeaf"}, {
{ "Table1", GetTable1(url), "Table", "Table", true}
}),
navTable = Table.ToNavigationTable(source, {"Name"}, "Name", "Data", "ItemKind", "ItemName", "IsLeaf")
in
navTable;
GetTable1 = (url as text,dbname as text) as table =>
let
Source = DataConnector.Feed(url & "GetTable1",dbname),
json = Json.Document(Source,1252),
MyJsonTable= Table.FromRecords(json)
in
MyJsonTable;
DataConnector.Feed = (url as text, optional dbname as text) =>
let
Credential = Extension.CurrentCredential(),
split=Text.Split(Credential[Username],"#"),
source = Web.Contents(url, [ Headers = DefaultRequestHeaders, ManualCredentials = true, Query = [
user_key = split, db_name=dbname]]),
json = Json.Document(source)
in
json;
I am not sure, how to itterate the "NavigationTable.Nested" function for each database for which the db name would be pass to CreateNavTable funtion.
I have searched internet and still un-able to find any sample which helps me create dynamic navigation.
Do you know any sample available for dynamic navigation? Would be really helpful.
Kind regards,
Hi,
Were you able to find the solution to this problem, i am also trying to do something like this in my custom connector.
Thanks
- Jeanesh6 years agoNew MemberHi,
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