Power BI Connector for REST

Build 24.0.9060

Miscellaneous

This section provides a complete list of the Miscellaneous properties you can configure in the connection settings for this provider.


PropertyDescription
CharsetSpecifies the session character set for encoding and decoding character data transferred to and from the REST file. The default value is UTF-8.
ClientCultureThis property can be used to specify the format of data (e.g., currency values) that is accepted by the client application. This property can be used when the client application does not support the machine's culture settings. For example, Microsoft Access requires 'en-US'.
CultureThis setting can be used to specify culture settings that determine how the provider interprets certain data types that are passed into the provider. For example, setting Culture='de-DE' will output German formats even on an American machine.
CustomHeadersOther headers as determined by the user (optional).
CustomUrlParamsThe custom query string to be included in the request.
DataSourceThis property specifies a URI for the resource location.
DirectoryRetrievalDepthLimit the subfolders recursively scanned when IncludeSubdirectories is enabled.
DirectQueryLimitLimits the number of rows when using the DirectQuery mode. This helps avoid performance issues at design time.
EnableForeignKeyDetectionWhether to detect the foreign keys in ODBC.
ExcludeFilesComma-separated list of file extensions to exclude from the set of the files modeled as tables.
FolderIdThe ID of a folder in Google Drive. If set, the resource location specified by the URI is relative to the Folder ID for all operations.
GenerateSchemaFilesIndicates the user preference as to when schemas should be generated and saved.
IncludeDropboxTeamResourcesIndicates if you want to include Dropbox team files and folders.
IncludeFilesComma-separated list of file extensions to include into the set of the files modeled as tables.
IncludeItemsFromAllDrivesWhether Google Drive shared drive items should be included in results. If not present or set to false, then shared drive items are not returned.
MaximumColumnSizeThe maximum column size.
MaxRowsLimits the number of rows returned when no aggregation or GROUP BY is used in the query. This takes precedence over LIMIT clauses.
MetadataDiscoveryURIUsed when aggregating multiple files into one table, this property specifies a specific file to read to determined the aggregated table schema.
OtherThese hidden properties are used only in specific use cases.
PagesizeThe maximum number of results to return per page from REST.
PseudoColumnsSpecify a set of pseudocolumns to expose as columns.
ReadonlyYou can use this property to enforce read-only access to REST from the provider.
RowScanDepthThe number of rows to scan when dynamically determining columns for the table.
RTKThe runtime key used for licensing.
TimeoutThe value in seconds until the timeout error is thrown, canceling the operation.
TypeDetectionSchemeDetermines how to determine the data types of columns.
UserDefinedViewsA filepath pointing to the JSON configuration file containing your custom views.

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