Tuesday, February 18, 2025

How to read data from a JSON File into Power BI Data Model

How to Load data from a JSON File into Power BI Data Model
Scenario:
Suppose we have a JSON File with sample data as per below, which we want to load into the Power BI Data Model.


JSON Data:
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{

  "data": [

    {

      "Order_ID": "1001",

      "Order_Date": "2025-01-01",

      "Product_Segment": "Electronics",

      "Product_Name": "Laptop",

      "Country": "USA",

      "Sales": 1500.00

    },

    {

      "Order_ID": "1002",

      "Order_Date": "2025-01-02",

      "Product_Segment": "Furniture",

      "Product_Name": "Office Chair",

      "Country": "Canada",

      "Sales": 300.00

    },

    {

      "Order_ID": "1003",

      "Order_Date": "2025-01-03",

      "Product_Segment": "Electronics",

      "Product_Name": "Smartphone",

      "Country": "Germany",

      "Sales": 800.00

    },

    {

      "Order_ID": "1004",

      "Order_Date": "2025-01-04",

      "Product_Segment": "Appliances",

      "Product_Name": "Refrigerator",

      "Country": "India",

      "Sales": 1200.00

    },

    {

      "Order_ID": "1005",

      "Order_Date": "2025-01-05",

      "Product_Segment": "Apparel",

      "Product_Name": "T-shirt",

      "Country": "Australia",

      "Sales": 50.00

    },

    {

      "Order_ID": "1006",

      "Order_Date": "2025-01-06",

      "Product_Segment": "Electronics",

      "Product_Name": "Tablet",

      "Country": "UK",

      "Sales": 600.00

    },

    {

      "Order_ID": "1007",

      "Order_Date": "2025-01-07",

      "Product_Segment": "Furniture",

      "Product_Name": "Desk",

      "Country": "France",

      "Sales": 400.00

    },

    {

      "Order_ID": "1008",

      "Order_Date": "2025-01-08",

      "Product_Segment": "Appliances",

      "Product_Name": "Washing Machine",

      "Country": "Japan",

      "Sales": 900.00

    },

    {

      "Order_ID": "1009",

      "Order_Date": "2025-01-09",

      "Product_Segment": "Apparel",

      "Product_Name": "Jacket",

      "Country": "Brazil",

      "Sales": 120.00

    },

    {

      "Order_ID": "1010",

      "Order_Date": "2025-01-10",

      "Product_Segment": "Electronics",

      "Product_Name": "Smartwatch",

      "Country": "Taiwan",

      "Sales": 200.00

    }

  ]

}

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We can use the default Power BI JSON Connector to load the data from the JSON File.
The Power Query steps in involved in loading the JSON dataset is as follows:

let

    Source = Json.Document(File.Contents("C:\Users\Tamatam\Desktop\MyLearn\Power BI\Inputs\ds_Sample_Orders.json")),

    Convert2Table = Table.FromRecords({Source}),

    ExpandListColumns = Table.ExpandListColumn(Convert2Table, "data"),

    ExpandColumnRecords = Table.ExpandRecordColumn(ExpandListColumns, "data", {"Order_ID", "Order_Date", "Product_Segment", "Product_Name", "Country", "Sales"}, {"Order_ID", "Order_Date", "Product_Segment", "Product_Name", "Country", "Sales"}),

    ChangeType = Table.TransformColumnTypes(ExpandColumnRecords,{{"Order_ID", Int64.Type}, {"Order_Date", type date}, {"Product_Segment", type text}, {"Product_Name", type text}, {"Country", type text}, {"Sales", Int64.Type}})

in

    ChangeType

Result:


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Thanks, TAMATAM ; Business Intelligence & Analytics Professional
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