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Believer
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Advocate IV

How do I combine custom SQL across databases into a single table?

I have the following code which efficiently concatenates the same table from several servers/databases.  (Thanks again, @Anonymous !!)  I added a declaration for some custom SQL.  How do I adapt the "Table.SelectRows..."  to use the custom SQL in place of the table?

 

let
TableName = "tblMyData",
CustomSQL = "Select top 10 Col1, Col2, Col4 From tblMyData Where Col5>0",

Source = Table.Combine({
Table.SelectRows(Sql.Database("SQLServer1", "MyDatabase1"), each [Item] = TableName){[Schema="dbo",Item=TableName]}[Data],
Table.SelectRows(Sql.Database("SQLServer2", "MyDatabase2"), each [Item] = TableName){[Schema="dbo",Item=TableName]}[Data],
Table.SelectRows(Sql.Database("SQLServer3", "MyDatabase3"), each [Item] = TableName){[Schema="dbo",Item=TableName]}[Data],
Table.SelectRows(Sql.Database("SQLServer4", "MyDatabase4"), each [Item] = TableName){[Schema="dbo",Item=TableName]}[Data],
Table.SelectRows(Sql.Database("SQLServer5", "MyDatabase5"), each [Item] = TableName){[Schema="dbo",Item=TableName]}[Data]})
in
Source

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v-jingzhang
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Believer 

 

Based on my test, you can try the following code. Sql.Database - PowerQuery M

 

let
    CustomSQL = "SELECT * FROM Table_1 WHERE Provider='a';",
    Table1 = Sql.Database("SQLServer1", "Database1", [Query=CustomSQL]),
    Table2 = Sql.Database("SQLServer2", "Database2", [Query=CustomSQL]),
    Source = Table.Combine({Table1, Table2})
in
    Source

 

 

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Jing
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Believer
Advocate IV
Advocate IV

That works very well, thanks @v-jingzhang!

v-jingzhang
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Believer 

 

Based on my test, you can try the following code. Sql.Database - PowerQuery M

 

let
    CustomSQL = "SELECT * FROM Table_1 WHERE Provider='a';",
    Table1 = Sql.Database("SQLServer1", "Database1", [Query=CustomSQL]),
    Table2 = Sql.Database("SQLServer2", "Database2", [Query=CustomSQL]),
    Source = Table.Combine({Table1, Table2})
in
    Source

 

 

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Jing
If this post helps, please Accept it as Solution to help other members find it.

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