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BiBra
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Expression error type text

Hello 

i get Expression.Error: we cannot apply field access on type Text.

 

I have the following code:

 

let
    Source = Excel.Workbook(File.Contents("C:xx"), null, true),
    #"Product Sales_Sheet" = Source{[Item="Product Sales",Kind="Sheet"]}[Data],
    #"DistinctSource" = List.Distinct("Product Sales"[Date])
in
    DistinctSource

Can anyone help me figure out where I'm going wrong?

 

 

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v-yulgu-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi @BiBra,

 

Please try this:

let
    Source = Excel.Workbook(File.Contents("C:xx"), null, true),
    #"Product Sales_Sheet" = Source{[Item="Product Sales",Kind="Sheet"]}[Data],
    #"DistinctSource" =Table.Distinct(#"Product Sales_Sheet",{"Date"})

in
#"DistinctSource"

 

Best regards,

Yuliana Gu

Community Support Team _ Yuliana Gu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

@v-yulgu-msft

 

This got me closer, however now I get the following error:

 

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