Support relative path to excel/csv sources

[borlip]

Currently, when excel file is loaded to Power BI, the absolute filepath is captured in the M query. It would be nice if relative filepath was supported. Thus we could place excel file next to pbix and not worry about the file location (local machine, shared folder on server or onedrive)

[Lara_Balazs]

Desperately needed!!

[radoshits]

This is a must have feature, now that you allowed having scheduled refresh on Excel file on One Drive.

[KevinRank]

This is feature I could REALLY use.

Another option, would be relative paths, or the ability to use standard windows environment variables that have been around for a VERY long time. (Honestly, this is one I seriously don't understand why it is not available). Then, I could have users store their excel files in their %userprofile% .

[rafael_vieira1]

Please add relative path capabilities!

As sugestion:

“/” - returns to the root directory and starts there

“../” - moves one directory backwards and starts there

“../../” - moves two directories backwards and starts there (and so on…)

To move forward, just start with the first subdirectory and keep moving forward

[alkor1]

hmm, was really surprised it is not supported yet

[b_harper]

Pesky analysts asking for complicated features like relative paths. Microsoft developers can't cater to every niche edge cases!

[seary]

Need this for CSV/TSV/PSV flat files also.

[fbcideas_migusr]

Very shocked to know this is not supported!

[matthieu_guerin]

8 years after the first request, still not implemented.

[nigray]

Hitting this limitation in the case of pbix referncing xlsx on Sharepoint/OneDrive, and it's frustrating.