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I'm getting Dynamic Data Source error in Power Query as below :
"Some data sources may not be listed because of hand-authored query"
and below is my code; How should I modify it?
let
BaseUrl = "https://yourdomain.udemy.com/api-2.0/organizations/224484/analytics/user-course-activity/",
EntitiesPerPage = 100,
GetJson = (Url) =>
let Options = [Headers=[ #"Authorization" = "Token"]],
RawData = Web.Contents(Url, Options),
Json = Json.Document(RawData)
in Json,
GetEntityCount = () =>
let Url = BaseUrl,
Json = GetJson(Url),
Count = Json[#"count"]
in Count,
GetPage = (Index) =>
let Page = "?&page=" & Text.From(Index),
Page_Size = "&page_size=100",
Url = BaseUrl & Page & Page_Size,
Json = GetJson(Url),
Value = Json[#"results"]
in Value,
EntityCount = List.Max({ EntitiesPerPage, GetEntityCount() }),
PageCount = Number.RoundUp(EntityCount / EntitiesPerPage),
PageIndices = {1 .. PageCount},
Pages = List.Transform(PageIndices, each GetPage(_)),
Entities = List.Union(Pages),
Table = Table.FromList(Entities, Splitter.SplitByNothing(), null, null, ExtraValues.Error),
Dear Syndicate,
Thanks for your response.
Actually, error happens when we want to refresh the dashboard on Power BI Service, as below.
I've also attached error screenshot.
Error Message:
"This dataset includes a dynamic data source. Since dynamic data sources aren't refreshed in the Power BI service, this dataset won't be refreshed. "
That's not an error, only a note. Do you have an actual issue with the query?
Dear Syndicate,
Thanks for your response.
Actually, error happens when we want to refresh the dashboard on Power BI Service, as below.
I've also attached error screenshot.
Error Message:
"This dataset includes a dynamic data source. Since dynamic data sources aren't refreshed in the Power BI service, this dataset won't be refreshed. "
Please read the documentation of Web.Contents - you need to use the Query parameter.
Yeah, I know but unfortunately I don't know how exactly I should do that. Can you modify the M code that I've mentioned above?
you would need to add a second parameter to the GetJSON function.
GetJson = (Url,q) =>
let Options = [Headers=[ #"Authorization" = "Token"],Query=q],
RawData = Web.Contents(Url, Options),
Json = Json.Document(RawData)
in Json,
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