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Hi folks!
I have the query below which is trowing me the following error:
"(step 'SourceFinal5G') references other queries or steps, so it may not directly access a data source. Please rebuild this data combination."
The issue is related with the line:
#"Expanded Table Column1" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Removed Other Columns1", "Transform File (4)", Table.ColumnNames(#"Transform File (4)"(#"Sample File (4)")))
By some reason it is giving a conflict when accessing the "Transform File (4)" column which contains the link to tables which contain data.
Any idea on how I can overcome this issue? I have already adjusted the Data Source Privacy Levels to none.
More details on the Query below:
let
// Custom function to check if folder is empty:
IsFolderEmpty = (folderPath as text) as logical =>
// This function receives a parameter named folderPath of type text.
// As logical is the return type of the function.
// The function will return a logical value (true or false) indicating whether the folder is empty or not.
// => This arrow indicates the beginning of the function body.
let
SourceF = Folder.Files(folderPath), // Use folderPath parameter here
#"FilesCount" = Table.RowCount(SourceF),
#"Verdade" = if #"FilesCount" > 0 then true else false
in
#"Verdade",
// Define the folder path:
NRReportFolder5g = #"NRReportFolder",
// Check if folder is empty:
FolderIsEmpty = IsFolderEmpty(NRReportFolder5g),
// Load data if folder is not empty
SourceFinal5G = if FolderIsEmpty = 0 then null else
(
let
Source1 = Folder.Files(NRReportFolder5g),
#"Filtered Hidden Files1" = Table.SelectRows(Source1, each [Attributes]?[Hidden]? <> true),
#"Invoke Custom Function1" = Table.AddColumn(#"Filtered Hidden Files1", "Transform File (4)", each #"Transform File (4)"([Content])),
#"Renamed Columns1" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Invoke Custom Function1", {"Name", "Source.Name"}),
#"Removed Other Columns1" = Table.SelectColumns(#"Renamed Columns1", {"Source.Name", "Transform File (4)"}),
#"Expanded Table Column1" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Removed Other Columns1", "Transform File (4)", Table.ColumnNames(#"Transform File (4)"(#"Sample File (4)")))
in
Source1
)
in
SourceFinal5G
Inline the
#"Transform File (4)"
function into the current partition like you did with the IsFolderEmpty function
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