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GarethParry
Helper I
Helper I

ColumnName issue when using Excel from Sharepoint

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

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Anonymous
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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

GarethParry
Helper I
Helper I

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

Vijay_A_Verma
Super User
Super User

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

Anonymous
Not applicable

1. add index column

2. replace value if index column=0/1(first row)

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