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Hello,
I've got a relatively simple query aggregating data from Office 365 Exchange accounts.....but it is slow. Is there anything I can do to speed it up? I've already tried turning off privacy.
Code below.
Much appreciated,
Alex
let
emailaddress = "dummy@dummy.com",
Source = Exchange.Contents( emailaddress),
Mail1 = Source{[Name="Mail"]}[Data],
#"Extracted Date" = Table.TransformColumns(Mail1,{{"DateTimeSent", DateTime.Date, type date}}),
#"Expanded Sender" = Table.ExpandRecordColumn(#"Extracted Date", "Sender", {"Address"}, {"Sender.Address"}),
#"Removed Other Columns" = Table.SelectColumns(#"Expanded Sender",{"Folder Path", "Sender.Address", "DateTimeSent"}),
#"Grouped Rows" = Table.Group(#"Removed Other Columns", {"DateTimeSent", "Sender.Address", "Folder Path"}, {{"Count", each Table.RowCount(_), type number}})
in
#"Grouped Rows"
Do you need every record? Could you filter out records by date, folder, or sender to cut down the amount of records before you need to expand?
Hi,
I tried filtering for the last 3 months and then expanding the "sender" attribute but it's still really slow. You're right, it's the expansion of the record.
Yes, I ideally I want it...but it's just to slow....
Thanks,
Alex
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