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kana
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6 years ago

How to union dbase files into 1 query and also a custom column

Dear All Master With this I want the UNION database to be 1 query in the power query. I already used union in the connection string but I can't custom the columns for each dbf table. What I want as ...
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kana's avatar
kana
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6 years ago

Dear Sir,

 

Please guide me if using a custom connector and how to if via ACCDB

 

Thanks

 

Kana

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kana
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6 years ago

Dear sir,

 

I have a solution, Can you help if the custom column that I want is based on the folder path. So please help me in adding code in the advanced editor in the power query.

 

let
    Source = Odbc.Query("dsn=DBASE FILES", "Select * From C:\Test\mytest\m18\IFG.DBF Union ALL Select * From C:\Test\mytest\boj\IFG.DBF Union All Select * From C:\Test\mytest\md2\IFG.DBF"")")
in
    Source

 

Thanks

 

Kana

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    edhans
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    6 years ago

    kana I'm not clear on your question. Can you post a screenshot of what the above code shows on your computer, and what your expected output is? I cannot test the code because I don't have dBase files nor the dBase ODBC driver. 

  • kana's avatar
    kana
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    6 years ago

    Dear Sir,

    As per your request I attached a screenshot of mine

    From the code that I tried successfully, is it possible if I custom a column based on the path of the folder with the Code M language.

    Thanks

     

    Kana

     

     

     

  • edhans's avatar
    edhans
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    6 years ago

    Sorry, I am not clear exactly what "From the code that I tried successfully, is it possible if I custom a column based on the path of the folder with the Code M language." means.

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    kana
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    6 years ago

    Dear Sir,

    My point is successfully using the script in sql statement to merge the dbase file into 1 query, the problem is I want a custom column. So I ask you whether you can custom column based on the folder path with the M language function code language?

     

    Rgrds

     

    Kana

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    kana
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    6 years ago

    Dear Sir,

     

     

    Please give me solution.

     

    Thanks

    kana