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Tab name change dynamically updated
- 9 months ago
Hi fbittencourt.
Yes, Power Query allows you to automatically load all sheets from an Excel file, even if you don’t know their names in advance.🛠️ Power Query code to load all sheets
let
Source = Excel.Workbook(File.Contents("C:\Users\h22012\OneDrive - BNP Paribas\Customers.xlsx"), null, true),// Keep only sheets (ignore named ranges and tables)
OnlySheets = Table.SelectRows(Source, each [Kind] = "Sheet"),// Select relevant columns
SelectedSheets = Table.SelectColumns(OnlySheets, {"Name", "Data"}),// Promote headers and combine all sheets
CombinedData = Table.Combine(
List.Transform(SelectedSheets[Data], each Table.PromoteHeaders(_))
)
in
CombinedData
📌 Explanation
Excel.Workbook(...): loads all elements from the Excel file (sheets, tables, named ranges).
Table.SelectRows(..., each [Kind] = "Sheet"): filters only the sheets.
List.Transform(..., each Table.PromoteHeaders(_)): promotes headers for each sheet.
Table.Combine(...): merges all sheets into a single table.
🔁 Optional: Keep sheet name as a column
If you want to track which sheet each row came from, you can add the sheet name before combining:
SheetsWithName = List.Transform(OnlySheets, each Table.AddColumn(Table.PromoteHeaders([Data]), "SheetName", each [Name]))
CombinedData = Table.Combine(SheetsWithName)
⚠️ Important Notes
All sheets should have the same structure (same columns), otherwise Table.Combine may produce errors or nulls.
If structures vary, you may need to standardize them before combining.
✅ If this solved your issue, please mark it as the accepted answer to help others in the community.
fbittencourt is there always a one sheet in the Excel file?
- fbittencourt9 months agoHelper IV
Hi Parry,
We have only one excel file with many period tabs, the person update the tabs concerning the period of the analysis, like tab last 6 months after update changes the name last 9 months, and power bi do not recognise, the option is to change on advance editor or import again with the new name, I need to know if there´s a way to change automatically, maybe on power automate. tks again!!