How can I pick the latest file with Power Query?

[UsePowerBI]

Hello

How can I pick the latest file from a list of sharepoint files in a folder using Power Query?

Thanks!

[v-yingjl]

Hi @UsePowerBI ,

You can follow these steps to get the lastest file from Sharepoint folder:

1. Connect to Sharepoint folder, choose transfrom data

2. In power query, select the date modified column and filter it as 'Is latest'

3. Now you will get the lastest file content in power query, expand and import it into power bi to get the whole data.

Best Regards,

Community Support Team _ Yingjie Li
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[UsePowerBI]

Thanks but can you give me the Power Query for it please?

[v-yingjl · Accepted solution]

Hi @UsePowerBI ,

The power query code is like this:

let
    Source = SharePoint.Files("https://xxx.sharepoint.com/sites/xxx", [ApiVersion = 15]),
    #"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectRows(Source, let latest = List.Max(Source[Date modified]) in each [Date modified] = latest)
in
    #"Filtered Rows"

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Yingjie Li
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[mahoneypat]

You can do this with a relative reference instead of an absolute one to a specific file.  Please see this video and subscribe to that channel if you find it useful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nscUeOL5m90

Regards,

Pat