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Changes in column name affecting subsequent Power Query steps
Hi guys, i have a recurring problem. I have a table in Power Query and a lot of transformations on that table. Now sometimes it happens that a column name changes in the original table or t...
Hello Anonymous
you can copy paste the code into some editor and replacing your column-references at once.
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Jimmy
Anonymous , I'm afraid you have to manually change those hard-coded column names one by one; but a more generic reference to the name of a certain column,
Table.ColumnNames(#"Some Step"){1}renders your M code more flexible; so when you change a column's name next time, you don't need to adjust the M code again.