Introduction In this blog, we will learn How to Load JIRA data in ODBC and load JIRA data into SQL Server Table, along with few other topics such as how to generate an API Token using Atlassian Account for JIRA REST API Call, how to read all Issues data from JIRA with ODBC. We will go through […]
Category Archives: ODBC PowerPack
Tableau Parameters – Fix Metadata / Dynamic SQL Columns Issue
Introduction Many time you have to use Dynamic SQL in your Stored Procedure but some tools (e.g. Tableau) may reject it because metadata is not returned when sp_describe_first_result_set is called in SQL Prepare phase. You may see error like below in that case. Metadata Prepare Call
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exec sp_describe_first_result_set N'EXEC [dbo].[usp_GetInvoicesByCountry] @country=''Germany''' |
Error due to Dynamic SQL Msg […]
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 […]
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 […]
Import REST API in Google Sheet AppScript – JSON / SOAP XML / CSV
Introduction In our previous few articles we saw various use cases of Data Gateway. Now let’s look at one more interesting use case of Data Gateway. We will look at how to Import REST API in Google Sheet (JSON / XML API or File) by calling Google AppScript (i.e. Macro Code like in Excel but […]
Metadata in ODBC Driver / Performance Options
Introduction In this post we will learn how to fix some metadata / performance related issues in ODBC PowerPack Drivers using Caching / Metadata / Streaming Mode features. By default ZappySys API Drivers issues atleast two API request (First one to obtain Metadata and second, third… for Fetching Data Pages). Most of the times this should […]
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 […]
Call REST API in PowerShell Script – Export JSON to CSV
Introduction In this article we will cover how to call REST API in PowerShell and export result to CSV file. If you want to export JSON based API result to file then you have to consider few things. Such as API Authentication, API Pagination, Parsing JSON, Error Handling and many more. Luckily we can use […]
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 […]