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Adding monthly data to Power BI via Excel
Hello,
I have added data from June to my Power BI, and am able to do visualisations from it, so all fine.
Now, I need to add data from July, and future months going forward when they are available at the end of the month.
I added July by just adding another table. The issue is, I don't seem to be able to do any visualisations for change over time, so bar charts with the amount of a category for June, and then July afterwards. It seems to be because they are two separate tables of data in Power BI.
Is there a better way I can add more data each month? Or am I doing the visualisations wrong?
Also, the data in question is not just June: 1, 2, 3 and July: 1, 2, 3. They are identical tables with 9 columns across and over 100 rows, and obviously different data filled in under these same columns etc.
3 Replies
- mlsx4
Memorable Member
Hi millie23
You may try to combine all Excel sheets (if it is the case) into one table. I will leave you here a link that explains it deeply: https://radacad.com/combine-multiple-or-all-sheets-from-an-excel-file-into-a-power-bi-solution-using-power-query-dynamically
- millie23Frequent Visitor
What about if the excel sheets are all in different documents?
- mlsx4
Memorable Member
Hi millie23
If they are all in the same folder, you can append them too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sfCDCpWTfc