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Ad550's avatar
Ad550
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3 years ago
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Get queries from data flow

Looking for a way to extract queries from data flows from PowerBI without keeping the formatted text that is pasted on there.   When I try to simply copy and paste the query from the dataflow there are all different sorts of "#lf"s for example that are inherent to the format.   Any way to extract just the raw queries?

  • Yes, if you click the gear icon next to the source step, you'll see the original SQL query without the line feed characters:

     

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  • otravers's avatar
    otravers
    Community Champion

    Is your spoiler block meant to include a screenshot? It looks blank when I expand it.

     

    Are you talking about native SQL queries in your dataflow's M code?

    • Ad550's avatar
      Ad550
      Frequent Visitor

      Yes, I'm talking about how when a query is inserted into a data flow and I then view the query's within the "edit tables" interface of the data flow,  I am unable to see the native queries but only the queries with the data flow formatted characters inserted.  Is there any away I can view the queries without the data flow formatted characters once they're in the data flow?

       

      thanks 

      • otravers's avatar
        otravers
        Community Champion

        Yes, if you click the gear icon next to the source step, you'll see the original SQL query without the line feed characters: