Monday, March 11, 2024

How to use Power Query in Excel and connect to D365 CE (Part 1: Legacy)

Power Query is a robust tool that can be used to connect to the online services (like, Dynamics 365, SharePoint Online, Azure SQL DB, etc.) 

Below are the steps to connect to D365 CE:

  • Open Excel
  • Click Data > Get Data > From Online Services > From Dynamics 365 (online)
Get data in excel from Dynamics 365 CE
  • Go to Advanced Settings in Dynamics 365 CE.
Advanced Settings to access classic settings in D365
  • Select Customizations > Developer Resources
  • Fetch Web API URL from developer resources.
Web API URL
  • Enter in the dialog box (this is a legacy connector)
D365 Online legacy connector
  • Click Organization Account and Sign in
Sign in to connector
  • Once sign in is successful, click Connect.
  • The Navigator will show all the tables that one can use to develop pivot tables, pivot charts etc.
  • Select one or multiple tables that you want to use and transform and load the data into Excel.
Here are the steps to use the Dataverse connector.

Hope it helps!