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Alternate solution for Enter data option in Power Query
Have you considered using SharePoint lists? You can create a form where yourself or users can entere and edit manually. You can connect to Power BI using the connector and the data will refresh automatically during Report refreshes. You can go a step further and create a Power App on top of the SharePoint list instead of the form, but you may need licenses for this.
Otherwise, excel is also a good option, depending on the complexity of what you need.
Joe
- Vivek_Biradar2 years agoNew Member
Hi Joe
Thanks for the quick reply.But in our organization we moved to GCP so we should not use Sharepoint, due to which we are restricted to use the excel files. As per the project requriment I created a table using Enter data option which has 4 columns sample as below.
Order Date Name Details 2 Jun-23 abc This is a text 4 Jul-24 xyz This is a text
Do we have any solution to create this table and make it dynamic in use to avoid entering the data manually using Enter data option or Excel.- dufoq32 years agoCommunity Champion
Hi Vivek_Biradar, I'm not sure what exactly do you need, but you can create table like this and you can replace any part of table with another query reference. For exmaple: you can replace "xyz" with another query name like LastPersonName to make it dynamic.
let Source = #table(type table[Order=Int64.Type, Date=text, Name=text, Details=text], { { 2, "Jun-23", "abc", "This is a text" }, { 4, "Jul-24", "xyz", "This is a text" } } ) in Source- Vivek_Biradar2 years agoNew Member
Hi dufoq3
I am looking for a alternative methods or solution to eliminate manual data entry effort in Power Query(Enter data option), because there may be chances of errors or it is time consuming method(Enter data option). So seeking help for any other solutions in Power BI/Query in which we can make it dynamic or automatic process.
Note - Here I cant use Sharepoint method(Excel/CSV files)