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Anonymous
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Edit Existing SQL

Hi All,

 

Once i import data through Get data> SQL Server > providing the query in the SQL statement window, is it possible to modify that SQL...? (a SQL with complex calculations for our requirement).

cuz i built few viz's and dont wanna create another query item so that i use the same dataset(Query) to be modified which i see in my data fields for ease..!!

any help will be appriciated.

 

Thanks in advance. 

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donsvensen
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You can modify it by clicking on the wheel on the source Step in the query settings

 

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or modify the Query parameter in the Advanced editor

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/erik

 

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aahmed
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Anonymous
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The method that @aahmed showed returns the correct explanation. If you just try to go through the edit queries section at the top you will recieve the greyed out box.

Anonymous
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The method that @aahmed showed returns the correct explanation. If you just try to go through the edit queries section at the top you will recieve the greyed out box.

@aahmed - what if the Source "wheel" is non-existent (and when I right click, the "Edit Settings" is greyed out) - I can see this feature on some tables in my pbix file but not others. It seems as though the wheel/edit feature shows up if the query is ONLY referencing one table, but if the query has a JOIN then the wheel/edit feature is not available. Have you experienced this? Any suggestions for a workaround here? Editing the queries with the JOINs are the most cumbersome (I copy/paste into Notepad++ then "replace all" of the #(lf) and then reverse those steps after I've edited my query in SSMS.edit source powerbi.PNG

I know this is an older thread but I am also looking for an answer to this exact question currently, anyone have any documentation would be much appreciated 👍 

Click on Advanced Editor. I think it's available by right clicking the query pane on the left. If not, certainly in the menu



* Matt is an 8 times Microsoft MVP (Power BI) and author of the Power BI Book Supercharge Power BI.
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MattAllington
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Power Query has a "split query" option to break a query into 2 pieces.  hence you can break your query into a "source" and then transformation this way.  Then you can point to the new source and create a new query from that.

 

In my experience, I tend to write my queries in SSMS first, then paste them into the Query window when creating a new query. I find it easier and more flexible.  The only exception is if you want to use Query Folding with a table from within Power BI, then it is better to use a native query.



* Matt is an 8 times Microsoft MVP (Power BI) and author of the Power BI Book Supercharge Power BI.
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Anonymous
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Hi, @MattAllington I don't know u got me wrong or i did...!!

I too follow the same SSMS way. But what um asking is, once um done with

1. writing SQL in SSMS and then Copying that SQL statement in

2. Get Data> SQL Server > SQL Statement Window,

3. Importing the data / Loading the data in the report (PBI Desktop) 

can i modify the query which i wrote at the get data in 2nd step...??Smiley Happy

donsvensen
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Hi,

 

You can do that via the Applied Steps in your Query editor or using the advanced editor via the View tab and then modify your M/Power Query script

 

Or even better create a parameter and use that parameter in your query

 

/Erik

Anonymous
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hi @donsvensen um not aware of M/Power Query Script and i got a few modfications in my query through updating the previous SQL statement in SSMS. i want to use the updated SQL instead of the SQL i provided to the report before.

should i create another data connection and add another query to the report with the updated SQL is this the only choice do i have..??

or

is there anyway to update the old SQL of the Existing Query..?

donsvensen
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You can modify it by clicking on the wheel on the source Step in the query settings

 

capture20160708122325075.png

 

or modify the Query parameter in the Advanced editor

a.png

 

/erik

 

Hi, 

I tried changing an SQL statement changing the source; but the SQL statement area is greyed out (impossible to change the text).

 

Thanks for your help

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