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cristianml
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Upload folder to combine one query

Hi,

 

I would like to get only one query with a Specific Name when I upload a folder that has many Excel files but with same format.

For the moment I use UNION to combine the files but I don't want to see every single Excel files in Fields, just the combined one.

How can be done ?

Thanks and regards. 

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v-yuezhe-msft
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@cristianml,

After you use Folder connector in Power BI Desktop to import data, you can right-click on the Content column and choose "Remove Other columns" in Query Editor of Power BI Desktop, then expand the Content column to combine data of all excel files in a single query.

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Lydia

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v-yuezhe-msft
Employee
Employee

@cristianml,

After you use Folder connector in Power BI Desktop to import data, you can right-click on the Content column and choose "Remove Other columns" in Query Editor of Power BI Desktop, then expand the Content column to combine data of all excel files in a single query.

1.PNG

Regards,
Lydia

Community Support Team _ Lydia Zhang
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

Thanks Lydia,

 

Now I can manage this. The only thing i didn't know is that Folder option only works for excel files with same tab name. 

 

Thanks and regards !

By default it expects the same sheet name. But you can edit the code to refer to the relative sheet. Eg Source{0}[Data] will select the first sheet. 



* Matt is an 8 times Microsoft MVP (Power BI) and author of the Power BI Book Supercharge Power BI.

Read my article here. https://exceleratorbi.com.au/combine-excel-workbooks-power-query-method-1/



* Matt is an 8 times Microsoft MVP (Power BI) and author of the Power BI Book Supercharge Power BI.

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