Outlook Mail (Office 365) Connector for Power BI

In this article you will learn how to integrate Outlook Mail (Office 365) data in Power BI without coding in just a few clicks (live / bi-directional connection to Outlook Mail (Office 365)). Outlook Mail Connector (Office 365) can be used to integrate Office 365 Outlook Mail API in your App / BI Tools. You can download attachment, read / search Emails, Users, MailFolders, Send email and more..

Using Outlook Mail (Office 365) Connector you will be able to connect, read, and write data from within Power BI. Follow the steps below to see how we would accomplish that.

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Video Tutorial - Integrate Outlook Mail (Office 365) data in Power BI

This video covers following and more so watch carefully. After watching this video follow the steps described in this article.

  • How to download / install required driver for Outlook Mail (Office 365) integration in Power BI
  • How to configure connection for Outlook Mail (Office 365)
  • Features about API Driver (Authentication / Query Language / Examples / Driver UI)
  • Using Outlook Mail (Office 365) Connection in Power BI

Create ODBC Data Source (DSN) based on ZappySys API Driver

Step-by-step instructions

To get data from Outlook Mail (Office 365) using Power BI we first need to create a DSN (Data Source) which will access data from Outlook Mail (Office 365). We will later be able to read data using Power BI. Perform these steps:

  1. Install ZappySys ODBC PowerPack.

  2. Open ODBC Data Sources (x64):
    Open ODBC Data Source

  3. Create a User Data Source (User DSN) based on ZappySys API Driver

    ZappySys API Driver
    Create new User DSN for ZappySys API Driver
    You should create a System DSN (instead of a User DSN) if the client application is launched under a Windows System Account, e.g. as a Windows Service. If the client application is 32-bit (x86) running with a System DSN, use ODBC Data Sources (32-bit) instead of the 64-bit version.
  4. When the Configuration window appears give your data source a name if you haven't done that already, then select "Outlook Mail (Office 365)" from the list of Popular Connectors. If "Outlook Mail (Office 365)" is not present in the list, then click "Search Online" and download it. Then set the path to the location where you downloaded it. Finally, click Continue >> to proceed with configuring the DSN:

    OutlookMail(Office365)DSN
    Outlook Mail (Office 365)
    ODBC DSN Template Selection

  5. Now it's time to configure the Connection Manager. Select Authentication Type, e.g. Token Authentication. Then select API Base URL (in most cases, the default one is the right one). More info is available in the Authentication section.

    OAuth App must be created in Microsoft Azure AD. These settings typically found here https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/auth-register-app-v2. [API Help..]

    Steps to get Outlook Mail (Office 365) Credentials

    Firstly, login into Azure Portal and there create an OAuth application:

    1. Go to Azure Portal and login there.
    2. Then go to Azure Active Directory.
    3. On the left side click menu item App registrations
    4. Then proceed with clicking New registration.
    5. Enter a name for your application.
    6. Select the account types to support with the Supported account types option.
    7. In Redirect URI, select Web.
    8. In the textbox enter https://zappysys.com/oauth as the Redirect URI or another valid redirect URL.
    9. Use this same Redirect URI in the Redirect URL - Must Match App Redirect URL grid row.
    10. Copy Client ID and paste it into the API Connection Manager configuration grid in the Client ID row.
    11. Click on the Endpoints link and copy the OAuth 2.0 authorization endpoint (v2) URL to the Authorization URL grid row. Usually it looks similar to this:
      • https://login.microsoftonline.com/daed1250-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-ef0a982d3d1e/oauth2/v2.0/authorize
    12. Copy the OAuth 2.0 token endpoint (v2) URL to the Token URL grid row. Usually it looks similar to this:
      • https://login.microsoftonline.com/daed1250-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-ef0a982d3d1e/oauth2/v2.0/token
    13. Close "Endpoints" popup and create a Client Secret in the Certificates & secrets tab.
    14. Proceed by clicking New client secret and setting expiration period. Copy the client secret and paste it into configuration grid in Client Secret row.
    15. Now lets setup permissions for the app. Click on API Permissions and on the page click Plus Sign Add Permission
    16. Click on Microsoft Graph API and then choose Delegated Permissions
    17. on Permission list page search or choose permissions as needed. We need to enable following Permissions from 3 Sections (i.e. OpenId Permissions, Mail Permissions and Users Permissions).
    18. Make sure you have checked below permissions (If you do not need Write feature then you can skip Write scopes)
      offline_access
      email
      openid
      profile 
      Mail.Read
      Mail.Read.Shared
      Mail.ReadBasic
      Mail.ReadBasic.Shared
      Mail.ReadWrite
      Mail.ReadWrite.Shared
      Mail.Send
      Mail.Send.Shared
      User.Read
      User.ReadBasic.All
        
    19. Click Generate Token to generate tokens.
      NOTE: If you are planning to use your current data connection/token for automated processes, we recommend that you use a generic account for token generation when the login box appears (e.g. sales_automation@mycompany.com instead of bob_smith@mycompany.com). When you use a personal account which is tied to a specific employee profile and that employee leaves the company, the token may become invalid and any automated processes using that token will fail. Another potentially unwanted effect of using a personal token is incorrect logging; the API calls (e.g. Read, Edit, Delete, Upload) made with that token will record the specific user as performing the calls instead of an automated process.
    20. That's it!

    Fill in all required parameters and set optional parameters if needed:

    OutlookMail(Office365)DSN
    Outlook Mail (Office 365)
    User Credentials [OAuth]
    https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0
    Required Parameters
    Authorization URL Fill in the parameter...
    Token URL Fill in the parameter...
    Client ID Fill in the parameter...
    Scope Fill in the parameter...
    Optional Parameters
    Client Secret Fill in the parameter...
    Refresh Token File Path Fill in the parameter...
    ReturnUrl - Must Match App Redirect URL Fill in the parameter...
    RetryMode Fill in the parameter...
    RetryStatusCodeList Fill in the parameter...
    RetryCountMax Fill in the parameter...
    RetryMultiplyWaitTime Fill in the parameter...
    Login Prompt Option Fill in the parameter...
    ODBC DSN Oauth Connection Configuration

    OAuth App must be created in Microsoft Azure AD. These settings typically found here https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/auth-v2-service [API Help..]

    Please refer to below API Reference (External Site) link for Application Credentials [OAuth]

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/auth-v2-service

    Fill in all required parameters and set optional parameters if needed:

    OutlookMail(Office365)DSN
    Outlook Mail (Office 365)
    Application Credentials [OAuth]
    https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0
    Required Parameters
    Token URL Fill in the parameter...
    Client ID Fill in the parameter...
    Client Secret Fill in the parameter...
    Scope Fill in the parameter...
    Optional Parameters
    RetryMode Fill in the parameter...
    RetryStatusCodeList Fill in the parameter...
    RetryCountMax Fill in the parameter...
    RetryMultiplyWaitTime Fill in the parameter...
    ODBC DSN Oauth Connection Configuration

  6. Once the data source has been configured, you can preview data. Select the Preview tab and use settings similar to the following to preview data:
    ODBC ZappySys Data Source Preview

  7. Click OK to finish creating the data source.

Video instructions

Read Outlook Mail (Office 365) data in Power BI using ODBC

  1. Once you open Power BI Desktop click Get Data to get data from ODBC:
    Power Bi Get Data

  2. A window opens, and then search for "odbc" to get data from ODBC data source:
    Power Bi ODBC Get Data

  3. Another window opens and asks to select a Data Source we already created. Choose OutlookMail(Office365)DSN and continue:

    OutlookMail(Office365)DSN
    Power Bi Select ZappySys Driver DSN

  4. Most likely, you will be asked to authenticate to a newly created DSN. Just select Windows authentication option together with Use my current credentials option:

    OutlookMail(Office365)DSN
    Power Bi DSN Authenticaation

  5. Finally, you will be asked to select a table or view to get data from. Select one and load the data!
    Power Bi Load DSN Table Data

  6. Finally, finally, use extracted data from Outlook Mail (Office 365) in a Power BI report:
    Power Bi Extracted DSN Table Data

Import Outlook Mail (Office 365) data into Power BI from SQL Query

If you wish to import Outlook Mail (Office 365) data from SQL query rather than selecting table name then you can use advanced options during import steps (as below). After selecting DSN you can click on advanced options to see SQL Query editor.

Import Outlook Mail (Office 365) data into Power BI using SQL Query (ODBC Data source)

Import Outlook Mail (Office 365) data into Power BI using SQL Query (ODBC Data source)

If you type invalid SQL, Power BI may revert to table mode rather than import from Query. Make sure you do not use "$" it as a table name in SELECT...FROM $. You can use "_root_" instead (e.g., SELECT .. FROM _root_). Consider using Custom Object to wrap custom SQL in a Virtual Table. This way, you can see a virtual table in Table mode where you can import multiple objects using the same connection rather than creating a new connection for each custom SQL.

Edit Query / Using Parameters in Power BI (Dynamic Query)

In the real world, many values of your REST / SOAP API call may be coming from Parameters. If that's the case for you can try to edit script manually as below. In below example its calling SQL Query with POST method and passing some parameters. Notice below where paraAPIKey is Power BI Parameter (string type). You can use parameters anywhere in your script just like the normal variable.

Import Outlook Mail (Office 365) in Power BI - Using parameters in SQL Query (Edit code - Advanced Mode)

 

let
    vKey=paraAPIKey,
    Source = Odbc.Query(
    "dsn=ZS-OData Customers", 
    "SELECT * FROM value WITH (SRC='http://httpbin.org/post'," 
    & "METHOD='POST'," 
    & "HEADER='Content-Type:application/json'," 
    & "BODY=@'{""CallerId"":1111, ""ApiKey"":""" & vKey & """}')")
in
Source

Edit Query Settings after Import

There will be a time you need to change initial Query after dataset import in Power BI. Not to worry, just follow these steps to edit your SQL.

Edit Power BI Data Source SQL after SOAP Web Service Import

Edit Power BI Data Source SQL after REST / SOAP Web Service Import

Using DirectQuery Option rather than Import

So far we have seen how to Import Outlook Mail (Office 365) data into Power BI but what if you have too much data and you dont want to import but link it. Power BI Offers very useful feature for this scenario. Its called DirectQuery Option. In this section we will explore how to use DirectQuery along with ZappySys Drivers. Out of the box ZappySys Drivers wont work in ODBC Connection Mode so you have to use SQL Server Connection rather than ODBC if you wish to use Live data using DirectQuery option. See below step by step instructions to enable DirectQuery mode in Power BI for Outlook Mail (Office 365) data. Basically we will use ZappySys Data Gateway its part of ODBC PowerPack. We will then use Linked Server in SQL Server to Link API Service and then we will issue OPENROWSET queries from Power BI to SQL Server and it will then call Outlook Mail (Office 365) via ZappySys Data Gateway.

Step-By-Step - How to query Outlook Mail (Office 365) API in SQL Server

  1. First read this article carefully, How to query Outlook Mail (Office 365) API in SQL Server.
  2. Once linked server is configured we are ready to issue API query in Power BI.
  3. Click Get Data in Power BI, select SQL Server Database
  4. Enter your server name and any database name
  5. Select Mode as DirectQuery
  6. Click on Advanced and enter query like below (we are assuming you have created Outlook Mail (Office 365) Data Source in Data Gateway and defined linked server (Change name below).
    Select * from OPENQUERY([OUTLOOK MAIL (OFFICE 365)_LINKED_SERVER],'SELECT * FROM Customers')
    Select * from OPENQUERY(
    [OUTLOOK MAIL (OFFICE 365)_LINKED_SERVER],
    'SELECT * FROM Customers'
    )
    DirectQuery option for Power BI (Read Outlook Mail (Office 365) Data Example using SQL Server Linked Server and ZappySys Data Gateway)


    DirectQuery option for Power BI (Read Outlook Mail (Office 365) Data Example using SQL Server Linked Server and ZappySys Data Gateway)

  7. Click OK and Load data ... That's it. Now your Outlook Mail (Office 365) API data is linked rather than imported.

Working with Gateways in Power BI (Schedule Import)

If the data needs to be updated, it is necessary to create a gateway on-premises. In this new section, we will install a Power BI Gateway and in the next section schedule it to update the Outlook Mail (Office 365) information.
  1. In the last section, we Published the report. Power BI may ask you to SIGN IN.
    Sign in Power BI

    Sign in Power BI

  2. Select the Workspace and select Datasets
    Go do workspace and select dataset

    Go to workspace and dataset

  3. Right-click the report and select Settings.
    Define settings for Power BI report

    Specify settings for the report

  4. The system will ask for a Gateway. Stay here.
    add power bi gateway

    Add Power BI Gateway

  5. Use the following link to install a Data Gateway:
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/service-gateway-onprem
  6. Run the installer and press Next
    Initial gateway window for installation

    Gateway installer

  7. Select the option On-premises data gateway (recommended). This option allows access to multiple users and can be used by more applications than Power BI.
    Choose Power BI gateway

    Choose Power BI option

  8. The installer will show a warning message.
    Warning message gateway installation

    Warning message during installation

  9. Select the path to install and check the I accept the terms.
    accept terms

    Accept terms

  10. Specify the email address to use the gateway.
    Register email in gateway installation

    Register email address

  11. After entering the email, write the gateway name and a recovery key. Make sure to confirm the recovery key.
    Specify name and recovery key

    Enter recovery key

Manage gateways and configure the schedule

Once that the gateway is installed we will configure it and add the connection strings.
  1. The next step is to go to manage gateway
    Power BI - Manage Gateway Setting

    Power BI - Manage Gateway Setting

  2. In order to get the connection string, we will need the connection string of the ZappySys API Driver. In the first section of this post, we explained how to configure it. Press Copy Connection String
    ZappySys connection properties

    Connection properties

  3. Once that the data is copied, add a New data Source. In Data Source Name, enter the Data Source Name of the ZappySys API Driver in step 13 and in Data Source Type, select ODBC. In connection string copy and paste from the clipboard of the step 13 and press Add.
    Zappy connection properties

    ZappySys connection properties in Power BI

  4. Once added the gateway. You can see the schedule refresh to On and Add another time to add the time where you want to refresh the data.
    Schedule gateway

    Schedule gateway

Advanced topics

Create Custom Stored Procedure in ZappySys Driver

You can create procedures to encapsulate custom logic and then only pass handful parameters rather than long SQL to execute your API call.

Steps to create Custom Stored Procedure in ZappySys Driver. You can insert Placeholders anywhere inside Procedure Body. Read more about placeholders here

  1. Go to Custom Objects Tab and Click on Add button and Select Add Procedure:
    ZappySys Driver - Add Stored Procedure

  2. Enter the desired Procedure name and click on OK:
    ZappySys Driver - Add Stored Procedure Name

  3. Select the created Stored Procedure and write the your desired stored procedure and Save it and it will create the custom stored procedure in the ZappySys Driver:
    Here is an example stored procedure for ZappySys Driver. You can insert Placeholders anywhere inside Procedure Body. Read more about placeholders here

    CREATE PROCEDURE [usp_get_orders]
        @fromdate = '<<yyyy-MM-dd,FUN_TODAY>>'
     AS
        SELECT * FROM Orders where OrderDate >= '<@fromdate>';
    

    ZappySys Driver - Create Custom Stored Procedure

  4. That's it now go to Preview Tab and Execute your Stored Procedure using Exec Command. In this example it will extract the orders from the date 1996-01-01:

    Exec usp_get_orders '1996-01-01';

    ZappySys Driver - Execute Custom Stored Procedure

  5. Let's generate the SQL Server Query Code to make the API call using stored procedure. Go to Code Generator Tab, select language as SQL Server and click on Generate button the generate the code.
    As we already created the linked server for this Data Source, in that you just need to copy the Select Query and need to use the linked server name which we have apply on the place of [MY_API_SERVICE] placeholder.

    SELECT * FROM OPENQUERY([MY_API_SERVICE], 'EXEC usp_get_orders @fromdate=''1996-07-30''')

    ZappySys Driver - Generate SQL Server Query

  6. Now go to SQL served and execute that query and it will make the API call using stored procedure and provide you the response.
    ZappySys Driver - Generate SQL Server Query

Create Custom Virtual Table in ZappySys Driver

ZappySys API Drivers support flexible Query language so you can override Default Properties you configured on Data Source such as URL, Body. This way you don't have to create multiple Data Sources if you like to read data from multiple EndPoints. However not every application support supplying custom SQL to driver so you can only select Table from list returned from driver.

If you're dealing with Microsoft Access and need to import data from an SQL query, it's important to note that Access doesn't allow direct import of SQL queries. Instead, you can create custom objects (Virtual Tables) to handle the import process.

Many applications like MS Access, Informatica Designer wont give you option to specify custom SQL when you import Objects. In such case Virtual Table is very useful. You can create many Virtual Tables on the same Data Source (e.g. If you have 50 URLs with slight variations you can create virtual tables with just URL as Parameter setting.

  1. Go to Custom Objects Tab and Click on Add button and Select Add Table:
    ZappySys Driver - Add Table

  2. Enter the desired Table name and click on OK:
    ZappySys Driver - Add Table Name

  3. And it will open the New Query Window Click on Cancel to close that window and go to Custom Objects Tab.

  4. Select the created table, Select Text Type AS SQL and write the your desired SQL Query and Save it and it will create the custom table in the ZappySys Driver:
    Here is an example SQL query for ZappySys Driver. You can insert Placeholders also. Read more about placeholders here

    SELECT
      "ShipCountry",
      "OrderID",
      "CustomerID",
      "EmployeeID",
      "OrderDate",
      "RequiredDate",
      "ShippedDate",
      "ShipVia",
      "Freight",
      "ShipName",
      "ShipAddress",
      "ShipCity",
      "ShipRegion",
      "ShipPostalCode"
    FROM "Orders"
    Where "ShipCountry"='USA'

    ZappySys Driver - Create Custom Table

  5. That's it now go to Preview Tab and Execute your custom virtual table query. In this example it will extract the orders for the USA Shipping Country only:

    SELECT * FROM "vt__usa_orders_only"

    ZappySys Driver - Execute Custom Virtual Table Query

  6. Let's generate the SQL Server Query Code to make the API call using stored procedure. Go to Code Generator Tab, select language as SQL Server and click on Generate button the generate the code.
    As we already created the linked server for this Data Source, in that you just need to copy the Select Query and need to use the linked server name which we have apply on the place of [MY_API_SERVICE] placeholder.

    SELECT * FROM OPENQUERY([MY_API_SERVICE], 'EXEC [usp_get_orders] ''1996-01-01''')

    ZappySys Driver - Generate SQL Server Query

  7. Now go to SQL served and execute that query and it will make the API call using stored procedure and provide you the response.
    ZappySys Driver - Generate SQL Server Query

Actions supported by Outlook Mail (Office 365) Connector

Outlook Mail (Office 365) Connector support following actions for REST API integration. If some actions are not listed below then you can easily edit Connector file and enhance out of the box functionality.
 Get Tables
Get table list and its properties for Graph API    [Read more...]
 Get Table Columns
Get table list and its properties for Graph API    [Read more...]
Parameter Description
Table Name
 Get My Information
Get general information about the current user.    [Read more...]
 Get Messages
Get the mail messages for the specified user ID or email address.    [Read more...]
Parameter Description
User ID or Email The Microsoft Mail user ID GUID or email address for the account to read messages from. (Examples: '4ff54a77-9c09-4274-958f-83bdc0a53900' or 'first.last@domain.com')
 Send Mail
Sends an email message.    [Read more...]
Parameter Description
User ID or Email The Microsoft Mail user ID GUID or email address for the account to read messages from. (Examples: '4ff54a77-9c09-4274-958f-83bdc0a53900' or 'first.last@domain.com')
 Get My Mail Folders
Get the list of mail folders for the current user.    [Read more...]
 Get Mail Folder by Id
Get the mail folder specified by the mail folder Id.    [Read more...]
Parameter Description
Mail Folder Id The Microsoft Mail mail folder ID for the mail folder.
 Get Users
Get the list of users.    [Read more...]
 Get User by Id
Get a specific user.    [Read more...]
Parameter Description
User ID or Email The Microsoft Mail user ID GUID or email address for the account to read messages from. (Examples: '4ff54a77-9c09-4274-958f-83bdc0a53900' or 'first.last@domain.com')
 Get Mail Folders
Get the list of mail folders for the specified user Id.    [Read more...]
Parameter Description
User ID or Email The Microsoft Mail user ID GUID or email address for the account to read messages from. (Examples: '4ff54a77-9c09-4274-958f-83bdc0a53900' or 'first.last@domain.com')
 Get My Messages
Get the mail messages for the current user.    [Read more...]
 Get My Message by Id
Get the mail message by message Id for the specified user ID or email address.    [Read more...]
Parameter Description
Message Id The Microsoft Mail message ID GUID for the message to read. (Example: 'c3220464-7209-453c-8840-3cf4de0afaa6')
Email Body Format
Option Value
html html
text text
 Get Message Attachments
Get the list of attachments linked to the specified message Id.    [Read more...]
Parameter Description
User ID or Email The Microsoft Mail user ID GUID or email address for the account to read messages from. (Examples: '4ff54a77-9c09-4274-958f-83bdc0a53900' or 'first.last@domain.com')
Message ID The message Id for which to get attachments from.
 Get Message Attachment
Get a specific attachment linked to the specified message Id.    [Read more...]
Parameter Description
User ID or Email The Microsoft Mail user ID GUID or email address for the account to read messages from. (Examples: '4ff54a77-9c09-4274-958f-83bdc0a53900' or 'first.last@domain.com')
Message ID The message Id for which to get the attachment from.
Attachment ID The attachment Id for the attachment to get.
 Download Message Attachment (Single File)
Download a specific attachment linked to the specified message Id.    [Read more...]
Parameter Description
User ID or Email The Microsoft Mail user ID GUID or email address for the account to read messages from. (Examples: '4ff54a77-9c09-4274-958f-83bdc0a53900' or 'first.last@domain.com')
Message ID The message Id for which to get the attachment from.
Attachment ID The attachment Id for the attachment to get.
 Download Message Attachments (Multiple Files) - Using Search Condition
Downloads multiple attachments for a specified search condition to select Mails    [Read more...]
Parameter Description
User ID or Email The Microsoft Mail user ID GUID or email address for the account to read messages from. (Examples: '4ff54a77-9c09-4274-958f-83bdc0a53900' or 'first.last@domain.com')
MailFolderId
OverwriteFile
Option Value
True True
False False
SaveFolder Specify a disk folder path to save file(s) to
 Generic Request
This is generic endpoint. Use this endpoint when some actions are not implemented by connector. Just enter partial URL (Required), Body, Method, Header etc. Most parameters are optional except URL.    [Read more...]
Parameter Description
Url API URL goes here. You can enter full URL or Partial URL relative to Base URL. If it is full URL then domain name must be part of ServiceURL or part of TrustedDomains
Body Request Body content goes here
IsMultiPart Set this option if you want to upload file(s) (i.e. POST RAW file data) or send data using Multi-Part encoding method (i.e. Content-Type: multipart/form-data). Multi-Part request allows you to mix key/value and upload files in same request. On the other hand raw upload allows only single file upload (without any key/value) ==== Raw Upload (Content-Type: application/octet-stream) ===== To upload single file in raw mode check this option and specify full file path starting with @ sign in the Body (e.g. @c:\data\myfile.zip ) ==== Form-Data / Multipart Upload (Content-Type: multipart/form-data) ===== To treat your Request data as multi part fields you must specify key/value pairs separated by new lines into RequestData field (i.e. Body). Each key value pair is entered on new-line and key/value are separated using equal sign (=). Preceding and trailing spaces are ignored also blank lines are ignored. If field value has some any special character(s) then use escape sequence (e.g. For NewLine: \r\n, For Tab: \t, For at (@): \@). When value of any field starts with at sign (@) its automatically treated as File you want to upload. By default file content type is determined based on extension however you can supply content type manually for any field using this way [ YourFileFieldName.Content-Type=some-content-type ]. By default File Upload Field always includes Content-Type in the request (non file fields do not have content-type by default unless you supply manually). For some reason if you dont want to use Content-Type header in your request then supply blank Content-Type to exclude this header altogather [e.g. SomeFieldName.Content-Type= ]. In below example we have supplied Content-Type for file2 and SomeField1, all other fields are using default content-type. See below Example of uploading multiple files along with additional fields. If some API requires you to pass Content-Type: multipart/form-data rather than multipart/form-data then manually set Request Header => Content-Type: multipart/mixed (it must starts with multipart/ else will be ignored). file1=@c:\data\Myfile1.txt file2=@c:\data\Myfile2.json file2.Content-Type=application/json SomeField1=aaaaaaa SomeField1.Content-Type=text/plain SomeField2=12345 SomeFieldWithNewLineAndTab=This is line1\r\nThis is line2\r\nThis is \ttab \ttab \ttab SomeFieldStartingWithAtSign=\@MyTwitterHandle
Filter Enter filter to extract array from response. Example: $.rows[*] --OR-- $.customers[*].orders[*]. Check your response document and find out hierarchy you like to extract
Headers Headers for Request. To enter multiple headers use double pipe or new line after each {header-name}:{value} pair

Outlook Mail (Office 365) Connector Examples for Power BI Connection

This page offers a collection of SQL examples designed for seamless integration with the ZappySys API ODBC Driver under ODBC Data Source (36/64) or ZappySys Data Gateway, enhancing your ability to connect and interact with Prebuilt Connectors effectively.

Get messages for the current user    [Read more...]

SELECT * FROM MyMessages

Get users    [Read more...]

select * from Users 
			--Where Id='049beb7f-03e0-4b0d-825d-73567b6786e9'

Get a specific message from the current user's account by the message ID    [Read more...]

SELECT * FROM MyMessages
WHERE Id='AAXkADIwNzNhODMyLTZiMTQtNDhiMC02OWQzLTc5YTY5M2IyMjk0NABGAyAAAACbj2hVuNphT74wylrfU4ixBwAbUV6IxRnpQrqzrb2WfacdAAAAAAEMAAAbUV6IxRnpQrqzrb2WfacdAAAysBnxAAA='

Get messages for a specified user    [Read more...]

SELECT * FROM get_messages
WITH (UserID='firstname.lastname@domainname.com')

Get first 5 messages for a specified user    [Read more...]

SELECT * FROM get_messages
WITH (UserID='firstname.lastname@domainname.com', PageSize='5')

Get all messages in a specific Mail Folder    [Read more...]

SELECT * FROM get_messages
WITH (
MailFolderID='INBOX' --or use mai folder id
)

Get messages with a subject line that starts with 'Announcements for'    [Read more...]

SELECT * FROM get_messages
WITH (UserID='firstname.lastname@domainname.com', SearchCriteria='startsWith(Subject,''Announcements for'')')

Get messages that have at least one attachment associated with them    [Read more...]

SELECT * FROM get_messages
WITH (UserID='firstname.lastname@domainname.com', SearchCriteria='hasAttachments eq true')

Get messages that are unread    [Read more...]

SELECT * FROM get_messages
WITH (UserID='firstname.lastname@domainname.com', SearchCriteria='IsRead eq false')

Get messages for the current user ordered by the time they were sent in ascending order    [Read more...]

SELECT * FROM MyMessages WITH (OrderBy='sentDateTime')

Get messages for the current user ordered by the time they were sent in descending order    [Read more...]

SELECT * FROM MyMessages WITH (OrderBy='sentDateTime desc')

Get messages for the current user ordered by the time they were received in ascending order    [Read more...]

SELECT * FROM MyMessages WITH (OrderBy='receivedDateTime')

Get messages for the current user ordered by the time they were received in descending order    [Read more...]

SELECT * FROM MyMessages WITH (OrderBy='receivedDateTime desc')

Get messages for the current user ordered by the name of the sender in ascending order    [Read more...]

SELECT * FROM MyMessages WITH (OrderBy='sender/emailAddress/name')

Get messages for the current user ordered by the name of the sender in descending order    [Read more...]

SELECT * FROM MyMessages WITH (OrderBy='sender/emailAddress/name desc')

Get all mail folders associated with the current user    [Read more...]

SELECT * FROM MyMailFolders

Get a specific mail folder associated with the current user by its mail folder ID    [Read more...]

SELECT * FROM MyMailFolders
WHERE (Id='AAMkADIwNzNhODMyLTZiMTQtNDhiMCz4OWQzLTc5YTY5M2IyMjk0NAYuAAAAAACbj2hVuNphT74wyYrfU4ixAQAbUV6IxRnpQrWzrb2WfacdAAAAAAEKAcA=')

Get all attachments linked to the specified message ID    [Read more...]

SELECT * FROM get_message_attachments
WITH (MessageId='AAXkADIwNzNhODMyLTZiMTQtNDhiMC02OWQzLTc5YTY5M2IyMjk0NABGAyAAAACbj2hVuNphT74wylrfU4ixBwAbUV6IxRnpQrqzrb2WfacdAAAAAAEMAAAbUV6IxRnpQrqzrb2WfacdAAAysBnxAAA=')

Get the specified attachment by message ID and attachment ID    [Read more...]

SELECT * FROM get_message_attachment
WITH (MessageId='AAXkADIwNzNhODMyLTZiMTQtNDhiMC02OWQzLTc5YTY5M2IyMjk0NABGAyAAAACbj2hVuNphT74wylrfU4ixBwAbUV6IxRnpQrqzrb2WfacdAAAAAAEMAAAbUV6IxRnpQrqzrb2WfacdAAAysBnxAAA=',
AttachmentId='AAMkADIwNzNhODMyLTZiMTQtNDhiM704OWQzLTc5YTY5M2IyMjk0NABGAAqAAACbj2hVuNphT74wylrfU4ixBwAbUV6IxRnpQrqzrb2WfacdAABBAAEMAAAbUV6IxRnpQrqzrb2WfacdAAAysB9xAAABEgAQAK6dg4NuEa5Fmn_5Tp_D_XM=')

Download the specified attachment by message ID and attachment ID and save it to a file    [Read more...]

SELECT * FROM download_message_attachment
WITH (MessageId='AAMkADIwNz2hODMyLTZiMTQtNDhiMC04OWQzLTc5YTY5M2IyMjk0NABGZAAAAxCbj2hVuNphT74wylrfU4ixBwAbUV6IxRnpQ6qzrb2WfacdAAAAAAEMAAAbUb6IxRnpQrqzrb2WfacdAAAysBnxAAA=',
AttachmentId='AAMkADIwNzNhODMyLTZiMTQtNDhiMC04cWQzLTc5YTY5M2IyMjk0NABGAAAAAACbj2hVuNphTZ4wylrfU4ixBwAbUV6IxRnpQrqzrb2WfacdAAAAAAEMAA8bUV6IxRnpQrqzrb2WfacdAAAysBnxAAABEgAQAK6dg4NuEa5Fmn_5Tp_D_XM=',
TargetFilePath='C:\temp\photo.png'
)

Download multiple attchments with search condition    [Read more...]

This example shows how to download Office 365 Email attachments with search criteria. In this example we used multiple conditions to search. For example search mail with attachments only, sent after 2023-03-01, subject contains string 'invoice' and email sent from microsoft-noreply@microsoft.com

SELECT *  FROM download_message_attachments
WITH(
	  SaveFolder='c:\download',	
	  OverwriteFile='True',
 	  MailFolderId='INBOX', --or use mailbox ID
	  UserId='me', --or use "user-id" or use "email"
	  --search mail with attachments, sent after 2023-03-01, subject contains string "invoice" and  from email is microsoft-noreply@microsoft.com
	  SearchCriteria='hasAttachments eq true and sentDateTime gt 2023-03-01 and contains(subject, ''invoice'') and from/emailAddress/address eq ''microsoft-noreply@microsoft.com''  ',
	  EmailBodyFormat='HTML' --or text
)

Send a simple email message (with headers, HTML body, recipients, attachments and more)    [Read more...]

This example shows how to send email using Office 365 API. It shows how to attach local file(s) as attachments. To send email as Text format use Text rather than HTML in BodyContentType value.

INSERT INTO MyMessages
(Subject, BodyContentType, BodyContent
, ToRecipients, CcRecipients, BccRecipients
, InternetMessageHeaders
, Attachments, Importance, IsDeliveryReceiptRequested, IsReadReceiptRequested
, SaveToSentItems)
VALUES
('Employee Reviews Scheduled', 'HTML', '<b>Hi All,</b> employee reviews have been scheduled. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Please reflect this in your notes.</span>',
 '[{ "emailAddress": { "address": "john.doe@domain.com" }}, { "emailAddress": { "address": "jane.doe@domain.com" }}]',
 '[{ "emailAddress": { "address": "mary.dawson@domain.com" }}]',
 '[{ "emailAddress": { "address": "ryan.connor@domain.com" }}]',
 '[{ "name": "x-custom-header-group-name", "value": "Managers" }, { "name": "x-custom-header-group-id", "value":"MGR001" }]',
 '[
      {
        "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment",
        "name": "file1.txt",
        "contentType": "text/plain",
        "contentBytes": "<<c:\file1.txt,FUN_FILE_BASE64ENC>>"
      },
      {
        "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment",
        "name": "profile-picture.png",
        "contentType": "image/png",
        "contentBytes": "<<c:\profile-picture.png,FUN_FILE_BASE64ENC>>"
      }	  
  ]', 
 'normal', 'false', 'false', 'true')

Call generic API request    [Read more...]

This example shows how ot call any Office 365 / Outlook API using generic_request endpoint. This is useful when some endpoints not defined in the connector but you like to call that API.

SELECT * FROM generic_request
  WITH (
  URL='/users/049beb7f-03e0-4b0d-825d-73567b6786e9'
  , RequestMethod='GET'
  , Filter='$' --optional if you like to read from array inside document
  --Try commenting below line or define static metadata (speed up API calls by not requesting columns)
  , Meta='businessPhones:String(220); displayName:String(230); givenName:String(100); jobTitle:String(255); mail:String(310); mobilePhone:String(255); officeLocation:String(255); preferredLanguage:String(255); surname:String(140); userPrincipalName:String(500); id:String(360); '
  )

Conclusion

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