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Having a dynamic source path (folder and files)
Hi,
I have a PBI report which shows a monthly project details based on the excel files that the team uses on a monthly basis. The data source has:
- Monthly folder (Example, "12- December", "11 November", etc)
-Under each monthly folder there are monthly files ("12- Project list data.xlsx", "11- Project list data.xlsx", etc.)
I want to automate the data source path so that it takes the data from the current month folder and file. So for December, the source path should be "c\.....12-December\12- Project list data.xlsx".
Is it possible to have a dynamic path so that I do not need to change the source path every month?
Hi Anonymous
Do you have multiple years of monthly folders in the root folder? I see you only have Month number and name in the folder name without year, so I'd like to know whether "1-January" folder only includes the file for the current 2023 January? If so, you can try
= Excel.Workbook(File.Contents("C:\........root folder\" & Text.From(Date.Month(DateTime.LocalNow())) & "-" & Date.MonthName(DateTime.LocalNow()) & "\" & Text.From(Date.Month(DateTime.LocalNow())) & "-Project list data.xlsx"), null, true)Best Regards,
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Hi Anonymous
Do you have multiple years of monthly folders in the root folder? I see you only have Month number and name in the folder name without year, so I'd like to know whether "1-January" folder only includes the file for the current 2023 January? If so, you can try
= Excel.Workbook(File.Contents("C:\........root folder\" & Text.From(Date.Month(DateTime.LocalNow())) & "-" & Date.MonthName(DateTime.LocalNow()) & "\" & Text.From(Date.Month(DateTime.LocalNow())) & "-Project list data.xlsx"), null, true)Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Jing
If this post helps, please Accept it as Solution to help other members find it.