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Hi,
I am connecting to a Excel sheet located on sharepoint.
The first row of the sheet has
A1 = ""
B1 = ""
C1 = "Data for June"
D1=""
when it brings in the data intially into power BI the column headings in Power BI are Column1,Column2,Data for June,Column4
How do i set it to not call the 3rd column "Data for June" but Column3 instead?
i think i have to change
= Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Removed Other Columns1", "Transform File", Table.ColumnNames(#"Transform File"(#"Sample File")))
but not sure to what
thanks
gareth
Hi @GarethParry ,
Could you tell me if your problem has been solved? If it is, kindly Accept it as the solution. More people will benefit from it.
Best Regards,
Eyelyn Qin
Hi,
Thanks for the quick reply. It addes the column headers at a point before i can remove the top row, or add the index column
thanks
Gareth
In your Transform file code
Go to Transform menu - Use Headers as First Row
Home menu - Remove Rows - Remove Top Rows - Give a value of 1
1. add index column
2. replace value if index column=0/1(first row)
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