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Change data source from odbc to post gres
I have multiple reports built using odbc connection. Now I am able to use direct postgres to make those reports.
is there a way to swap data sources?
bharukc it is pretty straightforward, connects to a table using your new PostgreSQL connector, and once it is done, click advanced editor and get the following information from postgres SQL table you just added
let Source = PostgreSQL.Database("servername","database"), postgrestable = Source{[Schema="schemaname",Item="table"]}[Data] in postgrestablein the above example, I will copy the source and postgrestable lines (2 lines)
and in my excel table, click advanced editor and will replace the excel connection with PostgreSQL lines
let Source = Excel.Workbook(File.Contents("myexcelfile.xlsx"), null, true), Sheet1_Sheet = Source{[Item="Sheet1",Kind="Sheet"]}[Data], #"Promoted Headers" = Table.PromoteHeaders(Sheet1_Sheet, [PromoteAllScalars=true]), #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Promoted Headers",{{"Date of Service", type date}, {"Column2", type text}, {"Column3", type text}, {"Daily", type text}, {"Weekly", type text}, {"Monthly", type text}, {"Quarterly", type text}, {"Column8", type any}, {"Column9", type any}}), #"Removed Other Columns" = Table.SelectColumns(#"Changed Type",{"Date of Service", "Column2", "Column3"}) in #"Removed Other Columns"I will remove the lines from "Source" to "Promoted Header" (3 lines) and replace these with two lines from PostgreSQL table and in the "change type" step I will replace "Promoted Header" with the previous step which will be "postgrestable".
I hope this will get you started if you run into any issues, let me know.
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- parry2kSuper User
bharukc it is pretty straightforward, connects to a table using your new PostgreSQL connector, and once it is done, click advanced editor and get the following information from postgres SQL table you just added
let Source = PostgreSQL.Database("servername","database"), postgrestable = Source{[Schema="schemaname",Item="table"]}[Data] in postgrestablein the above example, I will copy the source and postgrestable lines (2 lines)
and in my excel table, click advanced editor and will replace the excel connection with PostgreSQL lines
let Source = Excel.Workbook(File.Contents("myexcelfile.xlsx"), null, true), Sheet1_Sheet = Source{[Item="Sheet1",Kind="Sheet"]}[Data], #"Promoted Headers" = Table.PromoteHeaders(Sheet1_Sheet, [PromoteAllScalars=true]), #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Promoted Headers",{{"Date of Service", type date}, {"Column2", type text}, {"Column3", type text}, {"Daily", type text}, {"Weekly", type text}, {"Monthly", type text}, {"Quarterly", type text}, {"Column8", type any}, {"Column9", type any}}), #"Removed Other Columns" = Table.SelectColumns(#"Changed Type",{"Date of Service", "Column2", "Column3"}) in #"Removed Other Columns"I will remove the lines from "Source" to "Promoted Header" (3 lines) and replace these with two lines from PostgreSQL table and in the "change type" step I will replace "Promoted Header" with the previous step which will be "postgrestable".
I hope this will get you started if you run into any issues, let me know.
- truptisCommunity Champion