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Pratima
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9 years ago
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Importing data from folder

Hi All,   How to get the detailed data from the different schema based file  , after connecting to the folder in Power BI Desktop.       Thanks, Pratima
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    Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Hi Pratima,

     

    >>How to get the detailed data from the different schema based file  , after connecting to the folder in Power BI Desktop.

    You can refer to below steps to deal with specific file types which "get data" from folder:

     

    1. Write a custom function to analysis different file type.
    2. Get Data from folder.
    3. Add custom function to invoke aboe custom function.

     

    Formula:

     

    let
       AnalysisFile = (FilePath as text, Extension as text) => 
        let
            values = {
            {".xlsx", Excel.Workbook(File.Contents(FilePath), true)},
    	{".csv", Csv.Document(File.Contents(FilePath))},
    	{".txt", Csv.Document(File.Contents(FilePath))},
            {Extension, null}
            },
            Result = List.First(List.Select(values, each _{0}=Extension)){1}
        in
    	   Result
    in
        AnalysisFile

     

    Full query;

    let
        Source = Folder.Files("C:\Users\xxxxx\Desktop"),
        #"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectColumns(Table.AddColumn(Source,"AnalysisData", each AnalysisFile([Folder Path]&[Name],[Extension])),{"Folder Path","Name","AnalysisData"})
    in
        #"Filtered Rows"

     

     

    Regards,

    Xiaoxin Sheng