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Connect to FTP folder with txt.files
Hi
I have succesfully connected PowerQuery to a specific txt. file on a FTP server, using the username and pasword:
ftp://username:[email protected]/P07/
Using the get data from text/csv.
I want power query to access the folder, so I can choose the neewest file, but this is not working, using get data from folder:
= Folder.Files("\\ftp://username:[email protected]/P07/")
Can I do this ?
Folder.Contents or Folder.Files is not supported for ftp sources. However, you can connect to a single file through ftp source which you have been doing.
The only way out is to get the files down to a folder on a local machin/network machine/Onedrive/Sharepoint etc.
You will have to constantly query ftp to locate the change/new files and download them. Consult thread where Microsoft Flow has been used for this purpose - https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Power-Query/connection-with-ftp/td-p/91792
But if this is a once or twice a day sort of operation, just download the files and use the downloaded files through Folder connectors.
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- Vijay_A_Verma
Most Valuable Professional
Folder.Contents or Folder.Files is not supported for ftp sources. However, you can connect to a single file through ftp source which you have been doing.
The only way out is to get the files down to a folder on a local machin/network machine/Onedrive/Sharepoint etc.
You will have to constantly query ftp to locate the change/new files and download them. Consult thread where Microsoft Flow has been used for this purpose - https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Power-Query/connection-with-ftp/td-p/91792
But if this is a once or twice a day sort of operation, just download the files and use the downloaded files through Folder connectors.
