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felipevaz
Helper I
7 years ago
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Importing a table using the location provided by CELL

Hi,

 

Please, Im working on a "File.xls" from a folder and transform it on "Final Results".

 

Every month I work on new data and the patterns are the same, only the location of my "File.xls" and "Final Results" changes.

 

Into my "Final Results" has table named ""Location" with function CELL, that gives me the address from my current file after apply LEFT and SEARCH, like this

 

VALUE = LEFT(CELL("filename");SEARCH("[Ser";CELL("filename"))-1)

 

I add to this function a &"File.xls" concatenating with the address, like this:

 

VALUE = LEFT(CELL("filename");SEARCH("[Ser";CELL("filename"))-1)&"File.xls"

 

FINAL VALUE = C:\Users\felipe.vaz\FolderJan\File.xls

 

Every month I download a new "File.xls" again and copy and paste that "Final Results" to a new folder (FolderFeb) and it gives me the position where the new "File.xls" is.

 

I want to use the FINAL VALUE to open the new File.xls every month. But I do know how to transform the final value to use into the Excel.Workbook()

 

Ive tried

 

= Excel.Workbook(File.Contents(Table.FromRecords(Location())), null, true) tells me that unable to convert...

 

Any idea?

 

Files here

 

 

 

 

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  • Stachu's avatar
    Stachu
    7 years ago

    First of all you need to have a location of the file as a string in PowerQuery

    Create a new query (e.g. named 'FilePath'), with syntax like this (adjust the names accordingly):

    let
    Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Location"]}[Content],
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Value", type text}}),
    Value = #"Changed Type"{0}[Value]
in
    Value

    Disable the load for 'FilePath'

     

    then in the query where you actually load the data use this:

    =Excel.Workbook(File.Contents(FilePath), null, true)

    where FilePath is the name of the query you created earlier

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  • Stachu's avatar
    Stachu
    Community Champion
    7 years ago

    First of all you need to have a location of the file as a string in PowerQuery

    Create a new query (e.g. named 'FilePath'), with syntax like this (adjust the names accordingly):

    let
    Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Location"]}[Content],
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Value", type text}}),
    Value = #"Changed Type"{0}[Value]
in
    Value

    Disable the load for 'FilePath'

     

    then in the query where you actually load the data use this:

    =Excel.Workbook(File.Contents(FilePath), null, true)

    where FilePath is the name of the query you created earlier

    • felipevaz's avatar
      felipevaz
      Helper I
      7 years ago

      WOW

       

      Thank you! Works perfectly and I learned a lot today. Cheers!