Import REST API in Tableau – Read JSON, SOAP XML, CSV

Introduction Tableau is one of the most popular Reporting / Visualization tool for BI / Data analytics. It comes with many out-of the box connectors to pull data from some popular data sources but still it seriously lakes capability to consume data from millions of other REST / SOAP data sources out there for which […]

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How to call REST API in MicroStrategy (JSON / XML SOAP)

 Introduction In this new article, we will show how to call REST API in MicroStrategy. MicroStrategy is a Business Intelligence company that provides powerful software to create nice charts, reports to take decisions. It started in 1993 and now it is one of the most popular Business Intelligence tools in the world because it is simple, intuitive and friendly. […]

Import REST API in MS Access (Load JSON / SOAP XML)

Introduction In this post, we will learn how to import REST API in MS Access (JSON or SOAP XML data).  We will use ODBC PowerPack to connect and query a JSON file / URL. JSON stands for JavaScript Object Notation and it is an Open and Standard format to read an object with attributes and values.  JSON […]

Connect Workday in Power BI – Import SOAP Data

Introduction In our previous blog post we saw how to import SOAP API data in Power BI. Now let’s continue to explore more use cases. In this article we will check how to Connect WorkDay in Power BI. We will show you step by step approach on how to call Workday SOAP API in Power […]

How to Import Amazon MWS data in Power BI

Introduction In our previous blog we saw how to call REST API in Power BI to import data from JSON based REST API services. Now let’s continue on that and learn how to import Amazon MWS data in Power BI using XML driver. To learn more about how to consume Amazon MWS data in ETL […]

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POST data to API in Informatica using SQL Transformation

Introduction In our previous blog post we saw how to read JSON REST API / XML SOAP in Informatica using ZappySys ODBC Drivers. Now lets look at API Write scenario. We will learn how to to POST data to API in Informatica (Insert / Update). We will use SQL Transformation to fire ODBC Driver Queries […]

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How to read NetSuite data in Power BI

Introduction In our previous blog we discussed how to import REST / SOAP API data in Power BI. Now we will use that knowledge to read NetSuite data in Power BI (NetSuite CRM – SuiteTalk). We will use ZappySys XML Driver to call Search function in NetSuite SOAP API. If you are not familiar with SOAP […]

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Read Amazon S3 data in Power BI or Call AWS REST API (JSON / XML)

Introduction If you are looking around to find connectivity options to get Amazon AWS data in Power BI (e.g. Read from Amazon S3 files (CSV, JSON, XML) or get AWS API data such as Billing Data by calling REST API) then unfortunately as of now Power BI doesn’t support it natively. In this article, you will […]

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Calling SOAP API in Power BI (Read XML Web Service data)

Introduction In our previous post, we saw in general how to call REST API in Power BI. Now let’s look at how to call SOAP API in Power BI (e.g. WorkDay, Google AdWords services). SOAP API is in XML format so we will be using ZappySys XML Driver for a demonstration in this article. To […]

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Read JSON in Informatica – Import REST API / SOAP / JSON File

Introduction JSON / REST API is becoming more and more popular each day as everyone embrace cloud-centric services. This article is primarily focused on Informatica users who want to do XML SOAP/ JSON / REST API Integration in Informatica. However many tips and techniques described in this article will help you to understand how to integrate XML […]