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Create the following script that is below in R, where I can visualize the data of the table without problems, when trying to execute the same script in Power BI it does not show me data:
#Script in R
library (httr)
library (rvest)
url_params <- parse_url ("https://colombiacompra.gov.co/tienda-virtual-del-estado-colombiano/ordenes-compra?
page = 1 & number_order = & state = & entity = & tool = IAD% 20Software% 20I% 20-% 20Microsoft & date_to _ =% 20 & date_from_ = ")
pages <-
lapply (0:11, function (x) {
data frame (
html_table (
read_html (x = paste0 ("https://colombiacompra.gov.co/tienda-virtual-del-estado-colombiano/ordenes-compra? page =",
X,
"& number_order = & state = & entity = & tool = IAD% 20Software% 20I% 20-% 20Microsoft & date_to _ =% 20 & date_from_ ="))
)
)
})
do.call (rbind, pages)
the results of the R script are as follows:
When running it in Power BI through the R connector the result is the following:
Does anybody know how I can fix it?
Hi @Anonymous
I found some blogs about R script as data source in Power BI Desktop.
For reference:
R script as data source in Power BI Desktop
Run R scripts in Power BI Desktop
This may be the same issue like yours, I hope it can help you.
R Script returning empty table
Best Regards,
Rico Zhou
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