Connecting Bold BI to RSS Feeds data source

Bold BI dashboard designer supports connecting RSS Feeds web services through REST API.

Choose RSS Feeds data source

To configure the RSS Feeds data source, follow the below steps:

Click the Data Sources button in the configuration panel to add a new data connection.
Click CREATE NEW to launch a new connection from the connection panel.
Select the RSS Feeds connection in the connection panel.

NOTE: You can also create a data source from the home page by clicking the Data Sources menu from left menu panel and Create Data Source from the data sources page.

Choose data source from server

Create RSS Feeds data source

Once you click the data source, the NEW DATA SOURCE configuration panel opens. Follow the below steps to create RSS Feeds data source.

Enter a name and description (optional) for the data source.
Enter a valid RSS Feeds REST API endpoint in the URL textbox. Refer the RSS Feeds API documentation for more details.

Example: http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/world/rss.xml#
Select GET method for the REST API in Method combo box.
Choose a time interval for Refresh Settings using the combo box, to trigger the Rest API request periodically to keep the data in sync with our dashboard.
Select XML data type in Data Format combo box.
Select Authentication Type as None.

You can also edit the connection information set here using the Edit Connection option.

Additional information

Refresh Settings

Period of time before next refresh call is triggered. This will automatically trigger a call for the API configured in the data source to keep the data up to date. If you do not want to sync your new data, choose ‘Never’.

Preview and data import

Click Preview & Connect to connect with the configurations set.
The Choose Schema(s) dialog opens. The schema represents the key fields of JSON data retrieved from RSS Feeds Rest API request. This dialog displays a list of schemas in treeview and its corresponding values in grid for preview. Select required schema(s) from treeview to use in designer and click Connect.
Now, the data design view page with selected table schema opens. Drag and drop the table.
Click Save to save the data source with a relevant name.