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Expand Record from a column
Hello.
I am using an API to get the data from a Shelly device:
The script is:
let
// Define the URL
url = "https://shelly-<xx>-eu.shelly.cloud/device/status",
// Define the request body
requestBody = Text.ToBinary("id=<device_ID>&auth_key=<API_Key>"),
// Define the headers (if needed)
headers = [
#"Content-Type" = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
],
// Make the POST request
response = Web.Contents(url, [
Headers = headers,
Content = requestBody
]),
// Parse the JSON response
jsonResponse = Json.Document(response),
// Access the 'data' field
data = jsonResponse[data],
// Access the 'device_status' field
device_status = data[device_status],
// Convert the record to a table for easier expansion
device_status_table = Record.ToTable(device_status)
in
device_status_table
Then, my result is this:
I am trying to get the Record values in each column, but I don`t know how to do it quickly enough, and not one at a time, as the results of the API are like this:
"device_status":
{"mqtt":{"connected":false},
"switch:0":{"id":0,"aenergy":{"by_minute":[0,0,0],"minute_ts":1717071958,"total":0},"source":"init","output":false,"apower":0,"voltage":249.4,"current":0,"pf":0,"temperature":{"tC":31.3,"tF":88.4}},
"ble":[],
"id":"<device_id>",
"_updated":"2024-05-30 12:26:28",
"input:0":{"id":0,"state":false},
"v_eve:0":{"ev":"","ttl":-1,"id":0},
"eth":{"ip":null},
"ts":1717071960.41,
"code":"codeU",
"v_eve:1":{"ev":"","ttl":-1,"id":1},
"input:1":{"id":1,"state":false},
"serial":940,
"wifi":{"sta_ip":"192.x.x.x","status":"got ip","ssid":"<WiFi_name>","rssi":-65},
"cloud":{"connected":true},
"sys":{"mac":"<mac_address>","restart_required":false,"time":"11:14","unixtime":1717064091,"uptime":20691,"ram_size":238928,"ram_free":142096,"fs_size":524288,"fs_free":282624,"cfg_rev":9,"available_updates":{"stable":{"version":"1.3.2"}}}}}}
Please, could you share your experience?
Thank you.
You won't have much of a choice as you have nested records too. You will need to decide which records to keep, which to throw away, and how to flatten the hierarchies. Not really something you can do automatically.
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You won't have much of a choice as you have nested records too. You will need to decide which records to keep, which to throw away, and how to flatten the hierarchies. Not really something you can do automatically.
Hi Alexandra_B
You can explore Record functions in Power Query from the following documentation. As all records don't share the same fields, you need to first filter the required fields and analyze which ones need to be organized into the same column. Then we can explore how to expand it more efficiently.
Record functions - PowerQuery M | Microsoft Learn
If you only want to expand all records into Text format in a column, you can try the solution from below thread:
Solved: Convert record to text in power BI - Microsoft Fabric Community
Best Regards,
Jing
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I ended up adding Custom Columns based on the following formula (adapted for each column):if Value.Is ([Value], type record) then Record.Field([Value], "connected") else ""Resulting in:
Thank you for your support.
