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korwwyn
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How to associate specific columns with dates when loading data?

Hi, I have a list of excel files. Each of them contains the following data.

  • Questions
  • dd.mm.yyyy
  • Customer name
  • Answer
  • Comment

Questions are the same, but columns "Customer name", "Answer" and "Comment" are repeated, and they are related to the dd.mm.yyyy column.

All I want is to associate columns "Customer name", "Answer" and "Comment" with the dd.mm.yyyy columns. Right now I just have columns dd.mm.yyyy_1, customer name_1, ....

 

korwwyn_0-1655364669827.png

As a result, I want to remain only 3 columns, that are associated with the different dates.

Sorry if it is not understandable. I would be grateful if you could give me some direction.

 

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Hariharan_R
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Hi,

I hope you are using Folder as a data source where you are pointing the folder path.

In a easy way, maintain the name of the column is same acorss all the files. 

Ref - https://sqlitybi.com/loading-multiple-excel-files-from-a-folder-in-power-bi/

Thanks

Hari

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Thanks for your response. Yes, I'm using folders as a source. 

I have lots of excel files, but the structure inside is the same. It looks like that:

korwwyn_0-1655366655490.png

But I want to gather all that data and create beautiful graphs in PowerBi. But I'm stuck with associating specific answers to specific dates..

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