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gogrizz
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Advocate I

Default Query Table when Opening Query Editor

I have a PBI file with 83 query tables.  Only 25 are actually loaded, the rest are used for reference.

 

Whenever I open the Query Editor window it always opens on the same table: "DIM Countries".

 

This specific table was last edited months ago, it wasn't the first query I added, it wasn't the last, it's not at the top of the alphabetical order, it's inside a folder that's not at the top of the alphabetical order.

 

All that to say, I can't find any reason why it's always the first table displayed.  If there was a reason why it's always first, I'd figure out a way to make another one first.  It's a small thing but it's bugging me, if for no other reason, because there's no reason.

 

What am I missing?

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gogrizz
Advocate I
Advocate I

I'll try to explain again:

  • In the "Data" panel (on the right) in PowerBI Desktop, all the tables are displayed in alphabetical order.
  • In PowerQuery Editor, the "Query" panel (on the left) shows all the queries and you can move them around and sort them and group them however you want, regardless of their name.
  • Everytime I open PowerQuery Editor, the first query it shows is always "DIM Countries".  It's table that is used infrequently, but it needs to be there.  It would be great if anytime PowerQuery opens, it defaulted to showing a more common table, or literrally anything else other than "DIM Countries.
  • Is that possible?
amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@gogrizz , In Power Query you can move tables up and down by dragging. But in the data view, they will shown in alphabetical order only. You can add some prefix like 0

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