Best way to combine sales data from different sources

[Anonymous]

Our company record sales from multiple channels on multiple platforms. What is the best way to model the data into the one file? 

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous ,

If you have multiple files that have the same schema, combine them into a single logical table.  It is a powerful approach to importing data into Power BI Desktop.

• Put files in the same folder, select Get data, choose File > Folder, and then select Connect.

More details:Combine files (binaries) in Power BI Desktop 

If there are different sources with different column names, Pleaserefer to the following topic to see if it helps you.

Combine different sources with different column names 

•  handle dynamic appending of tables.

Best Regards

Community Support Team _ Polly

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[Anonymous]

Hi, they are all downloadable csv files. A couple of different shopify accounts and an amazon source.

Would you recommend dropping these into one excel file? 

[Whitewater100]

Hi:

Can you access the source, like sql server? If they are csv's or excels,you can group the same structured ones in folders and drop in the latest week ,each week and Power BI can load those routinely.

Not knowing your situation that well, there are probably acouple-few ways to get it going but best if they all come from the same source.

It's worth spending some time on becasue how you set up your model is a big deal.