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jeffprandall
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New columns not appearing from Excel sheet in Teams/Sharepoint

We have an Excel document in Teams/Sharepoint that is used as the Dataset for a report.  We have added an additional column to the Excel sheet and have confirmed that it is part of the Table but when I refresh the dataset I do not see the new columns.

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AdamClark82
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Hi, do you have access to the transform data button in Power BI? 

 

If so, find the step where you would have expaneded the table to split out the columns, and delete it and re-do the step again and ensure it is in the same place. You might need to remove some subsequent steps or rename some things (remove column names from the query if it errors perhaps)

 

This worked for me.

 

Thanks

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aj1973
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Hi @jeffprandall 

Did you save the Excel file before refreshing the Dataset?

 

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I did.  If I open the data in Teams, Sharepoint, or Excel I can see all the data.  If I go to the PBI Dataset on the web, click Refresh, and the Analyze in Excel the data is not there.

Hi, @jeffprandall 

 

According to your description, Since you have the data, why can't you open PQ? The problem should be in the PQ, a step prevented the new column from being loaded into the report. You can download the file in the service and view the content in the PQ in the desktop.

If it doesn’t solve your problem, please feel free to ask me.

 

Best Regards

Janey Guo

 

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Anonymous
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Difficult to say without more informaion but try looking in Power Query, click on the dataset in question. Look at Applied steps on the right and search for a step called "Removed Other Columns"  or "Removed Columns".

By click on one of these steps, the formula bar will show you what exacly has been removed (or kept). 

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I don't have access to Power Query.  For this project I created the Excel document in a Private Teams Channel, went into the PBI website, New Dataset, pointed to the Sharepoint Site, selected the Excel file.  Then in PowerBI desktop I click on Power BI datasets to build my report.

Anonymous
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The only thing I could think of then is the dataset is yet to refresh. 
if the dataset in question, click the three dots and refresh now 

Karlos_0-1611098663818.png

 

Failing that, try creating a new dashboard and just see if the new column is displayed on that. If it's not displaying on a whole new dashboard there's something wrong with the datasoruce. 

 

Thats what I keep trying and it doesn't work.  I started building the Excel from scratch and doing it again on another Dataset and the new columns are there.  And if I add more more columns to that Excel sheet it works but for reason the Location data isn't moving in - link.

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