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Power Query Editor - Change in Column Name Not Importing

I have 4 columns of data from Excel loaded into Power BI. Is it possible to have it where if the column is named either "Day" or "day" in Excel that it'll still get loaded in correctly? It seems the lowercase "d" messes up the importing since the formulas only recognize "Day" with a capital "d"

 

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parry2k
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@ok_kpop after the promoted headers step, add Table.TransformColumnTypes steps (before changed type step)

 

 

let
    Source = Excel.Workbook(File.Contents("\\My Documents\test2.xlsx"), null, true),
    Sheet1_Sheet = Source{[Item="Sheet1",Kind="Sheet"]}[Data],
    #"Promoted Headers" = Table.PromoteHeaders(Sheet1_Sheet, [PromoteAllScalars=true]),
    #"Fix Column Names"= Table.TransformColumnNames(#"Promoted Headers", Text.Proper),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Fix Column Names",{{"Time", Int64.Type}, {"Day", Int64.Type}, {"A", Int64.Type}, {"B", Int64.Type}}
)
in
    #"Changed Type"

 

 



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parry2k
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Super User

@ok_kpop after the promoted headers step, add Table.TransformColumnTypes steps (before changed type step)

 

 

let
    Source = Excel.Workbook(File.Contents("\\My Documents\test2.xlsx"), null, true),
    Sheet1_Sheet = Source{[Item="Sheet1",Kind="Sheet"]}[Data],
    #"Promoted Headers" = Table.PromoteHeaders(Sheet1_Sheet, [PromoteAllScalars=true]),
    #"Fix Column Names"= Table.TransformColumnNames(#"Promoted Headers", Text.Proper),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Fix Column Names",{{"Time", Int64.Type}, {"Day", Int64.Type}, {"A", Int64.Type}, {"B", Int64.Type}}
)
in
    #"Changed Type"

 

 



Subscribe to the @PowerBIHowTo YT channel for an upcoming video on List and Record functions in Power Query!!

Learn Power BI and Fabric - subscribe to our YT channel - Click here: @PowerBIHowTo

If my solution proved useful, I'd be delighted to receive Kudos. When you put effort into asking a question, it's equally thoughtful to acknowledge and give Kudos to the individual who helped you solve the problem. It's a small gesture that shows appreciation and encouragement! ❤


Did I answer your question? Mark my post as a solution. Proud to be a Super User! Appreciate your Kudos 🙂
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