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drivas771994
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6 years ago
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Power Bi recognizing changing date for a file daily

Hi, I have a csv that automatically updates itself daily with new data. The problem is in the code that was written it changes the name of the csv to the most current date. Is there a way I can get ...
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  • v-zhenbw-msft's avatar
    v-zhenbw-msft
    6 years ago

    Hi drivas771994 ,

     

    You need to connect a folder, please refer the following steps.

     

    1. Create a folder to put your file.

     

     

    2. Then open Power BI Desktop, select Get date -> folder to connect the folder you create. You need to select Combine and Transform data.

     

     

    3. We need to remove the first column.

     

     

    4. Now it will be updated according to the changes in your data.

    We change the file name and click the refresh,

     

     

     

    If you have any question, please kindly ask here and we will try to resolve it.

     

    Best regards,

     

    Community Support Team _ zhenbw

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drivas771994's avatar
drivas771994
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6 years ago

Ok. So how would I get power bi to recognize when I try to refresh it. The problem is that I have to change the source settings daily to get it to look at the renamed file since it isn't recognizing it with the new name. I've used to folder source app since it though that would bypass it.

 

Example: 

Original File: Data10-10

Next Day: Data10-11

2nd Day After: Data10-12

 

Power Bi is giving me the error that it can't find the file "Data10-10" since it's not the same name the next day.

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Ashish_Mathur
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6 years ago

Hi,

If you select folder as a source then the file name should not matter.