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Tini-Bee
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Excel.Workbook (Multiple Files and Multiple Worksheets)

Hello,

I have an excel file Weekly Finance ddmmmyy.xlxs in a folder (C:\Data). This excel file has a number of worksheets (A, B, C, Mapping, Dates-Actual...) that I need to import, transform and load into Power BI. I'm not looking to combine the worksheets from the onset; simply transform each sheet individually then apend as a new consolidated query and create When I've tried this as a file it works perfectly well but given that this is a file whose name will change based on the date, I can't be updating the steps in PQ for it to work. 

Any suggestions or examples of a similar solution would be appreciated.

Thanks.

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Hi @Tini-Bee ,

 

try to parameterize the file name and use references for multiple access.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-query/power-query-query-parameters

https://powerpivotpro.com/2017/05/power-query-magic-part-1-always-good-references/

 

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v-shex-msft
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Hi @Tini-Bee,

I'd like to suggest you use DateTime.LocalNow function to extract current system DateTime and use these concatenate with your connection string. (it will dynamic changes when system data changes)

Connection= "C:\Data\Weekly Finance " & Date.ToText(Date.From(DateTime.LocalNow()),"ddMMMyy")&".xlxs"

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Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng

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v-shex-msft
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Hi @Tini-Bee,

I'd like to suggest you use DateTime.LocalNow function to extract current system DateTime and use these concatenate with your connection string. (it will dynamic changes when system data changes)

Connection= "C:\Data\Weekly Finance " & Date.ToText(Date.From(DateTime.LocalNow()),"ddMMMyy")&".xlxs"

1.png

Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng

Community Support Team _ Xiaoxin
If this post helps, please consider accept as solution to help other members find it more quickly.

Hi @Tini-Bee ,

 

try to parameterize the file name and use references for multiple access.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-query/power-query-query-parameters

https://powerpivotpro.com/2017/05/power-query-magic-part-1-always-good-references/

 

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Please mark my post as solution, this will also help others.
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His mission is clear: "Get the most out of data, with Power BI."
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