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Needing error handling for empty folder source
I have a queue folder with many subfolders for different queue data that I download Excel files every day. Each subfolder has a query made for it, and my end result is an append of all the final tables from those queries.
My issue is some days there just isn't any queue files that gets downloaded for some of the subfolders-they are empty. So I get the error:
Expression.Error: There wasn't enough elements in the enumeration to complete the operation.
Details:
[Table]
This error shows up in the Sample File of whatever folder is empty that day.
Here's my original code:
let
Source= Folder.Files ("S:\My Folder\Queue\Subfolders"),
Navigation1 = Source {0}[Content]
in
Navigation1
This error is happening in the Sample File for any query that the folder is empty. If there's no files there I'd like the query to either skip that empty folder or make an empty 'place holder table'
I have the feeling I should use the try..otherwise expression but where- the Sample File or in each of the tables since they also have a Source code line??
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let
Source= Folder.Files ("S:\My Folder\Queue\Subfolders"),
Navigation1 = if Table.CountRows(Source)>0 then Source{0}[Content] else <fake empty table with a [Content] column that you prepared before>
in
Navigation1
This sort of worked but now my Transform Parameter is bugging out because dummies me said they were Excel files and they are CSV files.
Please provide sample data that fully covers your issue.
Source{0}?[Content]? // gives you nullUse this one
let Source= Folder.Files ("S:\My Folder\Queue\Subfolders"), Navigation1 = try Source {0}[Content] otherwise null in Navigation1You cannot append null to a table. Needs to be an empty table.
Table:
= #table({"Column1","Column2"},{{"Q","A"}})
Table2:
= #table({"Column1","Column2"},{})
