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Fcoatis
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Power Query extract specific sheets of the same Excel Workbook

Hello community,

 

Is there a way to use Power Query to extract only data from the same workbook where all the sheets  names  begin with "rec_" for instance?

 

Thanks in advance

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MarcelBeug
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Sure:

 

let
    Source = Excel.Workbook(File.Contents("<YourPathAndFileName"), null, true),
    #"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectRows(Source, each [Kind] = "Sheet" and Text.StartsWith([Item], "rec_"))
in
    #"Filtered Rows"
Specializing in Power Query Formula Language (M)

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MarcelBeug
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Sure:

 

let
    Source = Excel.Workbook(File.Contents("<YourPathAndFileName"), null, true),
    #"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectRows(Source, each [Kind] = "Sheet" and Text.StartsWith([Item], "rec_"))
in
    #"Filtered Rows"
Specializing in Power Query Formula Language (M)

Hello,

 

I find that this does not work if the file lives in a OneDrive folder synced to the PC. I works fine with the path

 

= Excel.Workbook(File.Contents("C:\stuff\Book1.xlsx"), null, true)

 

but with the path C:\Users\user\OneDrive\Forums\filename.xlsx it throws an error "The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process."

 

OneDriveQuery.png

 

How can it be made to work for OneDrive stored files?

Thank you

 

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