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shivapersad
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Showing all text stored in a Sharepoint Text Column with "Append Changes to existing text" enabled

Good day,

 

I currently have two text columns with "Append Changes to existing text" turned on in a Sharepoint List. I created a Power BI report to display information related to the list inclusive of those two text columns. However, when I display the text columns in a table I am not seeing the text stored. When I view the Item in Sharepoint the text is there. How can I get the text stored and display it in Power BI? Thanks for any assistance with this issue.

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v-lid-msft
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Hi @shivapersad ,

 

Based on my research, We can make a web call as explained in this post(Reply 13 and 16) in order to retrieve version history.

 

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Best regards,

 

Community Support Team _ Dong Li
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

Hello, good afternoon

I need something similar but with powerapps, that is, I have a column called observations observations with the option of with "Add changes to existing text" active, however I need to show this data in a powerApps Label

Thanks for taking the time to read my issue and propose a solution. I'll try this approach and if it works I'll mark it as the solution.

Hi @shivapersad ,

 

How about the result after you follow the suggestions mentioned in my original post?Could you please provide more details about it If it doesn't meet your requirement?


Best regards,

 

Community Support Team _ Dong Li
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

Hi @v-lid-msft. Sorry for the delayed response. Unfortunately, I didn't apply your suggested solution to my problem in Power BI. The requirement for "Append Changes" to the text field was no longer required and as such I wasn't able to test your proposed solution with this project. However, I'll probably do my own test Sharepoint site and try it out when I get some time to see if it works. Thanks again for your assistance.

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