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ChrisBurgessACT
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Power Query function Documentation.* doesnt appear in Dataflow GUI

Hi All
is it me or does the powerquery function documention features not show up in the dataflow powerquery?
Adding function documentation - Power Query | Microsoft Learn
Powerquery Desktop

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PBIS dataflow with same powerquery

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Cant find any limitations or traps for young players.

Code snippet of relevant function meta...

FunctionType = type function (DateToManage as datetimezone, optional inputlocale as text, optional returnwhat as text) as any

                meta [

                    Documentation.Name = "DST_Offset_zone",

                    Documentation.LongDescription = "Evaluates a datetime - in datetimezone and returns the UTC or AU datetime",

                    Documentation.Examples = {

                        [Description = "AU to UTC", Code = "DST_Offset_zone([Datetimezone field],EN-AU,DTZ)", Result = "The UTC DateTime from the AU DateTime"],

                        [Description = "AU to UTC", Code = "DST_Offset_zone(21/03/2012 12:33 PM,EN-AU,DTZ)", Result = "21/03/2012 1:33:00 AM +11:00"]

                    }

                ],

            TypedFunction = Value.ReplaceType(Function, FunctionType)

        in

            TypedFunction     


Help???

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ImkeF
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Hi @ChrisBurgessACT ,
same here basically, only property that shows for me as well is "Description" (instead of LongDescription).

Imke Feldmann (The BIccountant)

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ChrisBurgessACT
Frequent Visitor

Thanks for confirming @ImkeF  that I'm not mad (at least in data munging). 

I think I will raise a support tix and see if there is a reason for the inconsistency

 

cheers

Chris

ImkeF
Community Champion
Community Champion

Hi @ChrisBurgessACT ,
same here basically, only property that shows for me as well is "Description" (instead of LongDescription).

Imke Feldmann (The BIccountant)

If you liked my solution, please give it a thumbs up. And if I did answer your question, please mark this post as a solution. Thanks!

How to integrate M-code into your solution -- How to get your questions answered quickly -- How to provide sample data -- Check out more PBI- learning resources here -- Performance Tipps for M-queries

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