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Load multiple tables using query
- Anonymous3 years ago
The simpliest way it two create Query that connects to the Database, then filter text.
let Source = Sql.Databases("Server", "Database"), #"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectRows(Source, each Text.StartsWith([Item], "a") or Text.StartsWith([Item], "A")) in #"Filtered Rows"You will be left with a list of tables starting with a or A. Note Power Query is case sensitive.
Next you can use the "Add as New Query" to open each table separately and load them to Power BI.
Otherwise you might try the search feature in the Navigator Screen when connecting to the database. But this more of a wildcard search than start with, and would include the schema table as well.
- 3 years ago
Anonymous But at the first step it is loading the whole database like functions, procs, and tables and it might break the power bi file. But my problem is that I wanted to only load filtered table not full database.
Hi Wani_Muneer - yes, but it depends what you mean by load. Do you want to load each one separately or do you want to combine these tables into a single table?
we want to load each table separately.