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Frac
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Need help importing a person field from SP List

Hello,  im workign on my first dashboard and having some trouble with importign a person field from a sharepoint list, which is coming through as a number.  i tried to google the answer and a few sites said i should click on a double arrows icon to select the field that i wanted, but i dont see the double arrows in power query.   i also read that i needed to import the User Information List and link the ID fields, but that appears to be a list of users who have access to the SP list, and not related to the people who are in this column.

 

could any one help me figure out what i am doing wrong so that i can get the person's name or email to display instead?

 

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lbendlin
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Use the V1 connector and pull in the "User Information List"  or use the V2 connector which automatically expands that field.

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lbendlin
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Use the V1 connector and pull in the "User Information List"  or use the V2 connector which automatically expands that field.

@lbendlin I figured it out,  i was using the sharepoint list connector, which is different than the sharepoint online list connector.  the latter has the option for v1 and v2.  thank you

where do i choose which connector to use?

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