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leinad
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3 years ago
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can't apply changes when accessing tables using the #shared environment

Hi everyone,   I am trying to access some tables via their names as text using the #shared environment. Assuming for example I have the following two queries (called table1/table2 respectively): ...
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  • Greg_Deckler's avatar
    Greg_Deckler
    3 years ago

    leinad Maybe try something like this:

    let
    Source = #shared,
    #"Converted to Table" = Record.ToTable(Source),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Converted to Table", "Custom", each if Type.Is(Value.Type([Value]), Table.Type) then 1 else 0),
    #"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectRows(#"Added Custom", each ([Custom] = 1)),
    #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Filtered Rows",{"Value"})
in
    #"Removed Columns"
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leinad
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3 years ago

Greg_DecklerThanks for your response. In this case i agree. However, this is just some dummy data to replicate the error. I just wanted to understand why the error messages occur.

 

The actual usecase is using a function to generate all the names of the tables which are to be combined and depends on a parameter for the number of tables. I hope that makes it a little bit clearer.

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Greg_Deckler
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3 years ago

leinad Maybe try something like this:

let
    Source = #shared,
    #"Converted to Table" = Record.ToTable(Source),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Converted to Table", "Custom", each if Type.Is(Value.Type([Value]), Table.Type) then 1 else 0),
    #"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectRows(#"Added Custom", each ([Custom] = 1)),
    #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Filtered Rows",{"Value"})
in
    #"Removed Columns"