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Excel Get and Transform from web not picking up newly added columns
I'm using a Power Query to load in data from a Google Spreadsheet changelog capturing changes by a department within our orginisation.
I set it up using the method of loading the data in via CSV. I generated a download of the sheet from the file I…

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PowerQuery with SSRS dataset connection
I would like to use an SSRS dataset as a datasource for PowerQuery, either with [Excel 2013] or [PowerBI Desktop]. The report server version is [SSRS 2016] [Microsoft SQL Server 2016 (SP2-CU3) (KB4458871) - 13.0.5216.0 (X64) - Enterprise Edition]. …

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Excel Parameterized PowerQuery With Null Handling
I'm encountering an error when attempting to execute a parameterized SQL query from Excel using parameter values (StartDate and EndDate) stored in a worksheet. When the EndDate parameter is left blank in the worksheet, I would like to utilize the…

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Excel 2016 Power Query fails to load to spreadsheet
I utilize Power Query with most of my spreadsheet due to analyzing a large Excel data files. This is the first time that I have had an ill-defined error in loading a Power Query connection to the spreadsheet.
Excel Error - "Download did not…

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Sum columns in Power BI matrix
I am working on a matrix in Power BI and I am not figuring out how to sum each column recursively until the total:
And this should be the resulting matrix (as an example, rows):
Some clarifications:
The months (columns) are dynamically generated…

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Power Query - Create and fill columns Email1, Email2 ... based on occurrence of email in cells
I have an "emails" table like this:
Username Email
john john@gmail.com
john john@stanford.edu
peter peter@gmail.com
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where one person can have multiple emails
I want to construct a "people" table like this:
Username Email1 Email2 Email3…

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Power Query - Data Transformation from a single column to a whole table
I have a requirement where I have a table like this -
Actual Table with 2 columns
Column1 Column2
ColAValue $$ ColBValue $$ New Row
ColCValue …

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Load *.htm file saved as .xls (starting from row number 5) Using Power Query
I have to import an .xls file which is saved as .*htm, .*html. I attached a link which provides a sample file of that format.
The Actual first row of the table starts from row number 5. But there are data above it.
The file looks as below,
The…

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Add column to matrix in Power BI
I am working with Power BI Desktop and I need to add a column to a matrix in order to calculate totals without adding to each column.
This is my original table:
I have two calculated measures: [Overdue Balance] and [Expiring Balance] that together…

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Power BI Custom Connector logging not happening
I'm creating a Power BI custom connector in Visual Studio 2017 and I'd like for it to log during development.
I've followed the approach in the samples and specifically in the TripPin sample under diagnostics.
The diagnostics helper file…

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Create a new column and have it display in number values
I have 1 file which has the following columns: Document Date and Disposition Date.
In Power BI Desktop, I'd like to create another column called 'Duration' which can be calculated by taking Disposition Date - Document Date and I want the new column…

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Set column description from PowerQuery
PowerBI supports column descriptions (right click on a column and select properties), is there a way to set this column description from PowerQuery. It seems hard to believe this isn't possible, but I can't find it in the documentation for…

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How to make an excel cell as a source file for a parameter for a query?
I have a query on Excel query editor from multiple excel files, I changed the source to be a parameter, and the parameter type is a text. it worked. then I checked if I can make the parameter source is a query from excel cell (Power Query Parameters…

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PowerBi Transpose - Table
I have an excel file that needs to be transposed from multiple columns into table format, but am having trouble merging the rows in Power Query.
Sample Data
Expected Outcome
Thanks a lot for your help in advance.

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Copy all views from Linked Server into new database
In SQL Server Management Studio, I have a Server Object-> Linked Server where there are cube views. I am trying to make a copy of all of these views and save them on a separate SQL database on same server so that I can connect to these new views…

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