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Hi,
I get a monthly excel file which is generated by another program and contains a table with a running number in the name.
Meaning, each file, contains a table with a different name (same structure).
When I want to import the folder into Power BI I get an error and I think it is due to the different names of the tables.
Please see the file and the folder zipped here
Thank you
Tamir
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HI @Anonymous
in the query editor
copy and paste this code
do not forget to change the location of the folder where the files are.
let Fonte = Folder.Files("C:\Users\Desktop\Import folder"), #"Personalização Adicionada" = Table.AddColumn(Fonte, "Personalizar", each Excel.Workbook([Content])), #"Outras Colunas Removidas" = Table.SelectColumns(#"Personalização Adicionada",{"Personalizar", "Name"}), #"Personalizar Expandido" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Outras Colunas Removidas", "Personalizar", {"Name", "Data", "Item", "Kind", "Hidden"}, {"Name.1", "Data", "Item", "Kind", "Hidden"}), #"Linhas Filtradas" = Table.SelectRows(#"Personalizar Expandido", each ([Kind] = "Table")), #"Outras Colunas Removidas1" = Table.SelectColumns(#"Linhas Filtradas",{"Name.1", "Data", "Name"}), #"Data Expandido" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Outras Colunas Removidas1", "Data", {"Date", "Sales"}, {"Date", "Sales"}), #"Colunas Reordenadas" = Table.ReorderColumns(#"Data Expandido",{"Name", "Name.1", "Date", "Sales"}), #"Tipo Alterado" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Colunas Reordenadas",{{"Name", type text}, {"Name.1", type text}, {"Date", type date}, {"Sales", type number}}) in #"Tipo Alterado"
HI @Anonymous
in the query editor
copy and paste this code
do not forget to change the location of the folder where the files are.
let Fonte = Folder.Files("C:\Users\Desktop\Import folder"), #"Personalização Adicionada" = Table.AddColumn(Fonte, "Personalizar", each Excel.Workbook([Content])), #"Outras Colunas Removidas" = Table.SelectColumns(#"Personalização Adicionada",{"Personalizar", "Name"}), #"Personalizar Expandido" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Outras Colunas Removidas", "Personalizar", {"Name", "Data", "Item", "Kind", "Hidden"}, {"Name.1", "Data", "Item", "Kind", "Hidden"}), #"Linhas Filtradas" = Table.SelectRows(#"Personalizar Expandido", each ([Kind] = "Table")), #"Outras Colunas Removidas1" = Table.SelectColumns(#"Linhas Filtradas",{"Name.1", "Data", "Name"}), #"Data Expandido" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Outras Colunas Removidas1", "Data", {"Date", "Sales"}, {"Date", "Sales"}), #"Colunas Reordenadas" = Table.ReorderColumns(#"Data Expandido",{"Name", "Name.1", "Date", "Sales"}), #"Tipo Alterado" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Colunas Reordenadas",{{"Name", type text}, {"Name.1", type text}, {"Date", type date}, {"Sales", type number}}) in #"Tipo Alterado"
For anyone who wishes to use the code in its English version:
let Source = Folder.Files("C:\Users\user\OneDrive - Tamir Basin\Power BI\Import folder"), #"Invoke Custom Function1" = Table.AddColumn(Source, "CustomTamir", each Excel.Workbook([Content])), #"Removed Other Columns" = Table.SelectColumns(#"Invoke Custom Function1",{"CustomTamir", "Name"}), #"Expanded CustomTamir" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Removed Other Columns", "CustomTamir", {"Name", "Data", "Item", "Kind", "Hidden"}, {"Name.1", "Data", "Item", "Kind", "Hidden"}), #"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectRows(#"Expanded CustomTamir", each ([Kind] = "Table")), #"Removed Other Columns1" = Table.SelectColumns(#"Filtered Rows",{"Name.1", "Data", "Name"}), #"Expanded Data" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Removed Other Columns1", "Data", {"Date", "Sales"}, {"Date", "Sales"}), #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Expanded Data",{{"Name.1", type text}, {"Date", type date}, {"Sales", Int64.Type}, {"Name", type text}}), #"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Changed Type",{{"Name", "FileName"}, {"Name.1", "TableName"}}), #"Reordered Columns" = Table.ReorderColumns(#"Renamed Columns",{"Date", "FileName", "TableName", "Sales"}) in #"Reordered Columns"
hi @Anonymous
the commands of the M functions are always in English so you can use them without problems, only the names of the query steps can be changed.
example:
# "Expanded Data" =
# "Expanded data" =
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