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We need the ability to easily grab stock portfolio data

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Drake Shergill on 27 Jun 2019 06:35:16

We need an easy and intuitive way to pull stock portfolio data from sites like Bloomberg and investing.com. Pulling from portfolios that are created on said sites. Data such as dividends stock price amount owned and dates. I'm sure something like this is possible but it needs to be easier. Power BI can provide tremendous value to investors if it is easier to sync the data and have it auto update. It's a big market that Power BI can dominate

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bb3598f1 fd80-4f81-b774-60e218ee9835 on 05 Jul 2020 23:42:54

RE: We need the ability to easily grab stock portfolio data

When it gets to pulling charts through BDH historical data the API is essential...

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d7d02435 0137-4987-8e2e-81fc82a11dcd on 05 Jul 2020 23:30:00

RE: We need the ability to easily grab stock portfolio data

Can re-create all those Financial Widgets we're now paying money for to get from 3rd parties..

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879170cf 37b0-4ed5-8d61-1f127f0fe7b2 on 05 Jul 2020 23:22:43

RE: We need the ability to easily grab stock portfolio data

ZappySys has released Drivers for REST API (JSON / XML / SOAP). Using these drivers you can connect to virtually any API service in Power BI. It comes with many advanced options such as OAuth, Pagination, Error Handling , Query Editor and many more. See below links.

https://zappysys.com/blog/howto-import-json-rest-api-power-bi/
https://zappysys.com/blog/call-soap-api-power-bi-read-xml-web-service-data/

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88b0c4db 83ae-45d3-b4e2-8fa293fe4de9 on 05 Jul 2020 23:18:00

RE: We need the ability to easily grab stock portfolio data

The entire finance world still runs on Bloomberg connected to excel

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e8035b39 7799-4152-916a-acd8657d6587 on 05 Jul 2020 23:12:31

RE: We need the ability to easily grab stock portfolio data

Agree, this would be of great value for Financial Analysts.

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f74efbc3 e4e9-41b3-a1f9-81b39d85f0f0 on 05 Jul 2020 22:46:33

RE: We need the ability to easily grab stock portfolio data

In the financial industry a Bloomberg Connector for Power BI Desktop would be a hugh benefit. All have the Bloomberg terminals and can access data from Bloomberg via there API. Providing support for the Bloomberg API https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/support/api-library/ could spark the adoption of Power BI Desktop in this community.

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c2de4365 00fc-4519-8566-4cfd4bcf84ec on 05 Jul 2020 22:27:13

RE: We need the ability to easily grab stock portfolio data

Financial content packs either via open source APIs or via asynchronous (10 minutes lagged) could be invaluable.