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I am trying to modify an inherited Power BI template. the template is set to pull from a designated folder, and pulls a series of worksheets from the excel files in that folder...
here is the existing Query list:
I want it to pull 2 additional worksheets form the excel files, but when i try to make a new query from the same folder, using the combine and transform option (to be able to select the worksheets i want)...
...it adds parameters and new sample files to the power BI template...
When i then go to create a new project with the template, it is no longer asking for just a source folder... but for additional parameter values as well - which just messes everything up, and casues the created power BI File to have a bunch of broken data if not defined properly...
what i want to do is modify the original query - to have it pull additional worksheets from the excel files in the designated folder... i want to avoid any new parameters/source files....
Is this possible?
Solved! Go to Solution.
After two days of trying and failing... i stumbled upon this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKoWEhb8Yek
that was able to give me enough direction to make it work...
Basically - I did NOT need to make any New Queries at all... I just needed to duplicate tables that already existed in the project, and alter the "Applied Steps" to unpack the desired tables from the original source folder.
After two days of trying and failing... i stumbled upon this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKoWEhb8Yek
that was able to give me enough direction to make it work...
Basically - I did NOT need to make any New Queries at all... I just needed to duplicate tables that already existed in the project, and alter the "Applied Steps" to unpack the desired tables from the original source folder.
Hi @noah_harburger ,
Thank you for sharing, please consider marking your reply as a solution, it will increase the weight of the return of later searches for the same problem and will help more people, thanks a lot~
Best Regards,
Gao
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