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tina_belcher123
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2 years ago
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Combine multiple files from SharePoint folder using Power BI query

Hello All!   I've been stuck on this one for a while now and I'm hoping to get some help.   I have a folder on SharePoint containing 3 Excel files. All files have the exact same formatting but on...
  • wynhopkins's avatar
    2 years ago

    Thanks for the shout out foodd 

     

    tina_belcher123 it seems yiur files with 3 rows don't actually only have 3 rows but have lots of empty rows - which look blank.

    To check that theory you can open

    one of the 3 row files click on row 4, hold shift and press down arrow then delete all rows and save. Then in Power Query that file will not show the nulls.


    to avoid having to do that step just choose remove rows- empty rows in power query.

     

     

    for the best techniques you can check out the 3rd and 4thvideo in my SharePoint playlist here Power Query and SharePoint / OneDrive

    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlHDyf8d156W_I_ycA7kbfLKAej54p9Un