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Seward12533
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Using query string from IQY file from Sharepoint "export to excel" as PowerQuery source in PowerBI

Hi, I'm trying to use a Sharepoint View as a source.

 

I do this often with the Sharepoint List connector but there is one list I'm using is very large and complex and it can take a long time just to load the list into the Query Editor and 5-10 Minutes to actually excecute the query.  Data I need is only a few hundred rows and there is an existing view that has the data I need. 

 

As a workaround somone suggested I use the "Export to Excel" function of SP to generate an IQY query.  For a site I have Admin Rights on it works flawlessly.  Unfortunatly the list I want is in another collection and I have permissions issues. 

 

This is what the URL looks like from the IQY file URL  

 

https://.../_vti_bin/owssvr.dll?XMLDATA=1&List={3D259A93-37AE-48BF-986C-53E0C64522DB}&View={29EE8B86-DE90-4285-9159-2A9F1F0ADE2D}&RowLimit=0&RootFolder=%2fsites%2fccg%2fSO%2fLists%2fRecipientLookup 

 

 

When I try this from PowerQuery I get permissions issues but from Excel it will refresh without issues. 

 

Note - I woudl just use the excel as a source we have onedrive disabled in our environment so its difficult to publish an excel source that will be refershed in the service. 

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mahoneypat
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Please see this video on how to get data from a SharePoint list much faster.

Get SharePoint List Data with Power BI ... Fast - YouTube

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@mahoneypat Thanks, I'll check it out. Unfortuneatly the list is not SP Online but ratehr a SP2019 on Prem so there is no V2..  I'll try to get the REST solution working!!

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mahoneypat
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Please see this video on how to get data from a SharePoint list much faster.

Get SharePoint List Data with Power BI ... Fast - YouTube

Pat





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@mahoneypat the REST API Function you provided is fabulous.  Thanks!! I may also be able to repurpose it for a JSON query I was trying to use and was stuggling to handle the 5000 record limit!!

@mahoneypat Thanks, I'll check it out. Unfortuneatly the list is not SP Online but ratehr a SP2019 on Prem so there is no V2..  I'll try to get the REST solution working!!

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