Custom Connector Display Name in Navigator

[SimonPetrus]

I have created a Custom Connector with some parameters (url, key, user name), but I don't like the way it looks in the Navigator:

Is there a way to format the data source display name?

Thanks!

[v-prasare]

@SimonPetrus  As we haven’t heard back from you, we wanted to kindly follow up to check if the solution provided for your issue worked? or let us know if you need any further assistance here?

Thanks,

Prashanth Are

MS Fabric community support

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[SimonPetrus]

Hi @v-prasare , I'm sorry, but I had little time trying it. I only had a quick look, but I can't see where the Table.ToNavigationTable function is accessible using an Odbc.DataSource. I'm using https://github.com/microsoft/DataConnectors/blob/master/samples/ODBC/SqlODBC/SqlODBC.pq as a template, but could not find it.

[v-prasare · Accepted solution]

Hi @SimonPetrus,

In this scenario i suggest you to raise a support ticket here. so, that they can assit you in addressing the issue you are facing. please follow below link on how to raise a support ticket:

How to create a Fabric and Power BI Support ticket - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

Thanks,

Prashanth Are

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[v-prasare]

@SimonPetrus , As we haven’t heard back from you, we wanted to kindly follow up to check if the solution provided for your issue worked? or let us know if you need any further assistance here?

Thanks,

Prashanth Are

MS Fabric community support

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[v-prasare]

Hi @SimonPetrus,

Thanks for reaching MS Fabric community support.

Could you please let us know more info related to your ask like data source that your trying to use and expected diplay name for data source in custom connector? this will help us narrow down the aks.

Thanks,

Prashanth

[SimonPetrus]

Hi Prashanth,

I've created an ODBC driver and also a Power BI Custom Connector using this ODBC driver. It has 3 parameters (url, key and username). It works fine, but I don't like the display name in the Navigator.

It currently says {url}:{key}:{username} [1], but I would like to display only the url or maybe only the url and the username. Is that possible somehow?

[v-prasare]

Hi @SimonPetrus ,

Hope your doing well.

you can customize the display name in the Power BI Navigator by modifying the nameColumn parameter in the Table.ToNavigationTable function within your custom connector. This parameter determines which column's values are displayed as the names in the Navigator pane.​

For detailed guidance on handling navigation tables, refer to Microsoft's official documentation:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-query/handling-navigation-tables

Thanks,

Prashanth Are

MS Fabric community support

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