How can I get an additional column that displays the source table name after appending two tables

[pshetty05]

Hi @poTeam,

I'm trying to append two different table here which has data from 2019 and 2020. I'm appending the data from both these table into one table. While I'm doing this, I'm interested to know what is the source of this data (2019 table or 2020) in an additial table.

Could you please help me with this?

Regards,

Pavitra

[az38 · Accepted solution]

Hi @pshetty05 

for example, before append add a Custom column "Year" in each of the tables. For table 2019 it will be = "2019", for 2020 = "2020"

then analyze by this field in appended table

[amitchandak · Accepted solution]

@pshetty05 , Do this in Data Transformation/Edit Query mode, Add a custom column with a static value of the year and then append

Refer this option too

https://radacad.com/get-data-from-multiple-excel-files-with-different-sheet-names-into-power-bi

https://radacad.com/append-vs-merge-in-power-bi-and-power-query

[az38 · Accepted solution]

Hi @pshetty05 

for example, before append add a Custom column "Year" in each of the tables. For table 2019 it will be = "2019", for 2020 = "2020"

then analyze by this field in appended table