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KamKam
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5 years ago
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How to Automate Binary Extraction into Seperate Queries

Hi Power BI Community,   I have a dataset that has a column with Binary values in it. When I click on one of the binary values it opens an entirely new table. I would like to extract the data in th...
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  • selimovd's avatar
    selimovd
    5 years ago

    Hey KamKam ,

     

    yes, the files have to have the same format.

    But if you want to automate things, they anyway have to have the same format. If every file is different you have to load one by one and then after you changed the files you can combine them again.

     

    Does this help you?

    If you need any help please let me know.
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    Best regards
    Denis
     
selimovd's avatar
selimovd
Most Valuable Professional
5 years ago

Hey KamKam ,

 

this is not true. With the combine option, a function is created that combines all files in this folder. Like this you can combine all "binary files" (like CSV) into one table.

Please give it a try.

 

If you need any help please let me know.
If I answered your question I would be happy if you could mark my post as a solution ✔️ and give it a thumbs up 👍
 
Best regards
Denis
 
KamKam's avatar
KamKam
Frequent Visitor
5 years ago

Hi selimovd,

 

You are right. It did pull the correct amount of rows. However, it has only made columns for the first Binary value. The other Binary values have different columns in them.

 

For example, this is what the first table looks like:

 

 

And here is the second:

 

 

  • selimovd's avatar
    selimovd
    Most Valuable Professional
    5 years ago

    Hey KamKam ,

     

    yes, the files have to have the same format.

    But if you want to automate things, they anyway have to have the same format. If every file is different you have to load one by one and then after you changed the files you can combine them again.

     

    Does this help you?

    If you need any help please let me know.
    If I answered your question I would be happy if you could mark my post as a solution ✔️ and give it a thumbs up 👍
     
    Best regards
    Denis
     
    • KamKam's avatar
      KamKam
      Frequent Visitor
      5 years ago

      Thanks selimovd,

       

      Do you think that I could automate this using M Lanugage? If so, do you know how to create a new Query using M Language?

      • selimovd's avatar
        selimovd
        Most Valuable Professional
        5 years ago

        Hey KamKam ,

         

        you can do a lot with M and the functions.

        What format do your binary files have?

         

        Best regards

        Denis