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Bizzay
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2 years ago
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Combining sheets from many excel files with different sheet names, transform then combine

Hello everyone, I'll start by saying that I'm quite new to PowerBI and Power Query and have been researching for a solution to my specific question for a long time but don't have it right.  The clos...
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    Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Hi Bizzay ,

    What kind of error is returned? Is there a value for [Column5]{3}'s in each table?
    What about adding a try like this to catch errors?

        TransformDDR = (t as table) as table =>
            let
                AddedDDRDate = Table.AddColumn(t, "DDRDate", each try t[Column5]{3} otherwise null),
                Result = AddedDDRDate
            in
                Result,
        TransformationFunction = Table.TransformColumns(#"Removed Errors", {"Data", each TransformDDR(_)})

     

    Best Regards,
    Gao

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