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New Column With Date (No other dates in source)
Hoping this isn't a complete noob question....
I have a data source (Excel file) that contains data but has no DATES Column to extract from.
In the Query Editor I'd like to:
1. Add a new column
2. Populate it with the date the data was refreshed OR the current date.
I've tried a bit using =NOW() and can do that outside of the query but would rather have it done upon the source refresh.
Appreciate any guidance.
-Jackson
Hi Jaxon,
You could create a calculated column in Data view in Power BI Desktop by Today().
Best Regards
Cherry
Jaxon- Here is a very basic example:
let Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMlSKjQUA", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Column1 = _t]), #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Column1", Int64.Type}}), #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Refresh", each DateTime.LocalNow()) in #"Added Custom"
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- Greg_Deckler
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Hi Jaxon,
You could create a calculated column in Data view in Power BI Desktop by Today().
Best Regards
Cherry
Thank-you! I will give it a go.
- Greg_Deckler
Jaxon- Here is a very basic example:
let Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMlSKjQUA", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Column1 = _t]), #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Column1", Int64.Type}}), #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Refresh", each DateTime.LocalNow()) in #"Added Custom"
