Forum Discussion

Anonymous's avatar
Anonymous
Not applicable
6 years ago

File metadata/how to hook into get data

Hello,   I am building a set of tools that should allow users to import their own data.  Is it possible to get meta data about a source file used for data imports? For instance, a user loads "Use...
Need Help
Anonymous's avatar
Anonymous
Not applicable
6 years ago

Thank you Mariusz,

 

I'm afraid the example I gave was misleading as I mentioned a month, sorry. The data won't necessarily come from the same folder each time, or even be the next month. 

Can I get Information about any source file in general into a visualization?

 

Kindest regards,

Ruben

Mariusz's avatar
Mariusz
Community Champion
6 years ago

Hi Anonymous 

 

How will it be obtained?

 

Best Regards,
Mariusz

Please feel free to connect with me.
Mariusz Repczynski

 

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    6 years ago

    Mariusz 

     

    it will come from Get Data -> EXCEL or CSV/TEXT.

    Any ideas? :)

     

    Thanks, 

    Ruben

     

    • v-lid-msft's avatar
      v-lid-msft
      Community Support
      6 years ago

      Hi Anonymous ,

       

      I do not think is can be completed with Power Query Editor, because that the query based on another query name (or the name of table imported), but the table name user imported cannot be constant.

       

      Best regards,

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