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Valky
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Power Query in Excel different from Power Query in Power BI

Hello everyone! I mainly use Power Query in Power BI and recently in Excel. I noticed some differences between these two "versions" of Power Query (in the M language, for instance). It looks similar to what @vpatel55 is experiencing in his post. Recently, I noticed a blocking difference: in PQry for PBI, I can access all the files of a SharePoint site library. If I do the same operation with PQry in Excel, some folders are invisible and inaccessible even though sub-folders of those invisible folders are visible. Have you ever had this experience? Do you know the cause and solution to this weirdness? Thanks for your help!

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MattAllington
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You should not post the same question on 2 different forums. It is disrespectful to those who answer questions, only to find out that you have already got the answer somewhere else. 



* Matt is an 8 times Microsoft MVP (Power BI) and author of the Power BI Book Supercharge Power BI.
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