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smpa01
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Is it possible to create a utility dataflow to define all reusable functions and reference that utility in any dataflow that requires them? Similar to how scripting works in JavaScript or Python.

 

Currently, the only alternative is to rewrite the same function separately in each dataflow, since there is no way to define it once and reuse it across dataflows. This makes the process extremely cumbersome and inefficient, as the functions have to be manually duplicated every time.

 

 

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miguel
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Not something that we support today, but it does sound like a good idea! 

please do feel free to post the idea in the Fabric Ideas portal:

https://aka.ms/FabricIdeas

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ImkeF
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Yes, being able to reuse functions is a year-old dream of many Power Query fans that must have many different entries in the idea-section by now.
I don't specifically care how this is implemented - would be happy with just something that works...

 

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if you happen to come across this post, please vote for this idea 


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miguel
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Not something that we support today, but it does sound like a good idea! 

please do feel free to post the idea in the Fabric Ideas portal:

https://aka.ms/FabricIdeas

lbendlin
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It is possible to load a list of functions into #shared but that is something you need to do manually for each semantic model. So it kinda defeats the purpose.

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