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ayana2
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Handling missing date column: Pulling date from one cell to create a date column in select files

Reposted (unable to continue with initial thread)).

I'm importing data from hundreds of csv files into Power BI and I have a problem that I hope someone can help me resolve. Some of the files have a date column but others don't. Those that don't have a date column also have unwanted top rows (see image). The files that have a date column have a date range stamped somewhere in the file (cell B10). For these files I want to add a date column, grab the date (01/01/2024) and populate the date column with it. After that, I want to remove all unwanted rows (1-17) from similar files but leave all other files intact (those don't need any rows removed). Any suggestions for how to do it in Power Query?

@dufoq3 and @Ibendlin you previously responded to my initial question. I revised the post as advised. Thank you!

Here are the links. I'm importing from a folder in C drive to Power BI. 
Report 1: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1I6MmH2gBzibr6_uuwxQBOTfAMzdgWUGxGzKhxhgwGG0/edit?usp=sharing
Report 2: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xMyDm_5dS9MUxox_UYx1uNNzO3V7GsxcMCVQY7KtLhE/edit?usp=sharing 
Expected: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QI-dzcWZCiz115aSBFiAho9gyLxeuzghmDfhiA2L5UI/edit?usp=sharing 

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So as per my understanding, you wanted to get the sheet ( that has a date range and blank rows) to be transformed. 
I have made the trasformations and the table now looks like this 

Jpss_0-1727709967835.png

 

Please see the file for exact transformation steps  ayan2_jpss_sol.pbix

If you find this helpful, Please Consider marking this as a solution.

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So as per my understanding, you wanted to get the sheet ( that has a date range and blank rows) to be transformed. 
I have made the trasformations and the table now looks like this 

Jpss_0-1727709967835.png

 

Please see the file for exact transformation steps  ayan2_jpss_sol.pbix

If you find this helpful, Please Consider marking this as a solution.

ayana2
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Thank you very much! 

Omid_Motamedise
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There is no access to the file, please check it again, additionally you can also share your data or smaple of your data here also

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Jpss
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@ayana2 
unable to access any of the links that you have shared.

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