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MichaelF1
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4 years ago
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How to edit sheet name in Excel doc when source is a folder

Hi everyone,   I have a PBI report that uses a folder of excel docs as the data source.   I want to change the excel docs and I think I need to change the name of the actual tab in the excel file...
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v-janeyg-msft
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4 years ago

Hi, MichaelF1 

 

 

What do you mean by name of the actual tab? 

 

Not sure what your needs are, Please add more details so we can help you soon.

 

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Janey

 

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MichaelF1
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4 years ago

Hi Janey, thanks for getting back to me. 

I mean the name of the actual sheet in excel. (see picture)

Thanks again

Michael

 

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    v-janeyg-msft
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    4 years ago

    Hi, MichaelF1 

     

    When you click on the content of one specific xlsx, you will see the corresponding sheet name or table name. And you can change them. Please note that what you change is only the display in powerbi, powerbi won't change the content of the source data.

    Did I answer your question? Please mark my reply as solution. Thank you very much.
    If not, please feel free to ask me.

    Best Regards,
    Community Support Team _ Janey

     

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      MichaelF1
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      4 years ago

      Hi v-janeyg-msft , thanks for your suggestion but unfortuantely this does not give me the result I need. If I click the Binary hyperlink as in your suggestion, I get the dialogue box below:

      If I click continue, then all my subsequent steps in power query are erased - so I have to start my query almost from scratch gain. I definitely don't want this!

      What I want is just to be able to change the name of the sheet that power query looks for, but keeps everything else in the query as it is.

       

      Thanks again,

       

      Michael

       

       

       

       

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        v-janeyg-msft
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        4 years ago

        Hi, MichaelF1 

         

        I don't understand your question very well, as I mentioned before, it is impossible for powerbi to modify anything in the source data, it can only modify the content displayed in powerquery or desktop.

        But I don't see the table name appearing in your steps. Why do you want to modify it? What is the role of what you are trying to modify in pq?

         

        Best Regards,
        Community Support Team _ Janey