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Anonymous
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File Name

Hi everyone, there is a way to show in a card the name of the File (excel)  that I take the data to my Board ?

 

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v-juanli-msft
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Hi @Anonymous 

You could try method from the first link shared by Pragati11 or this link  to get the file name you connect to with power bi.

Then add the file name column into a card visual.

If there is any problem, feel free to ask us.

 

Best Regards

Maggie

Pragati11
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Hi @Anonymous ,

 

There are few links related to this:

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/excel/power-query-get-file-name/m-p/1429886

https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/microsoft-power-bi/9781788290142/02a5ffc4-2629-40fc-a2b2-0be75f482ba3.xhtml

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/transform-model/desktop-combine-binaries

 

See if these help.

 

Best Regards,

Pragati Jain


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FrankAT
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Hi @Anonymous 

yes, you can do it with power query. But how do you want to use it?

 

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Anonymous
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In this case, the file name is a date of a last date atialization. So I wanna show to the user by a card this information 

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