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misen08
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7 years ago
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Right way to refresh data - import Excel

Hi,   Every months, I have to extract table of data from SAP and they come in Excel files. I'm currently making a BI file to display KPI from the files. What should I do to update the data? Do I ...
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    Anonymous
    7 years ago

    misen08

     

    If you have a folder as a source, Power BI picks up all the files in it. You can just save all the exports into the same folder without overwriting the old ones. 

    So each day/month you can just save new files into the same folder and every time you refresh the query, the new files will be in your query.

    If the extracts have the same structure, Power BI automatically appends them when you expand the excel file data in the query editor.

     

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