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Importing CSV

‎03-26-2019 01:36 AM

Hi Power BI community

 

I'm trying to import a csv and instead of showing the records it's showing the file instead.

 

Does anyone know how to get around this? Thanks.

 

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‎03-26-2019 07:18 PM

Hi @Anonymous, 

 

Please click on Advanced Editor, check your Power Query, ensure you are using Csv.Document() function outside of the File.Contents() function. 

 

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You can also follow this document to get data from CSV in Power BI desktop: 

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/desktop-connect-csv

 

Best Regards,
Qiuyun Yu

 

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‎03-26-2019 07:18 PM

Hi @Anonymous, 

 

Please click on Advanced Editor, check your Power Query, ensure you are using Csv.Document() function outside of the File.Contents() function. 

 

q6.PNG

 

 

You can also follow this document to get data from CSV in Power BI desktop: 

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/desktop-connect-csv

 

Best Regards,
Qiuyun Yu

 

Community Support Team _ Qiuyun Yu
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‎03-31-2019 09:15 PM
Thanks Qiuyun this worked. Also right clicking the CSV in query editor and selecting nimport as txt worked.
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