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Anonymous
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Power query

Hi everyone,

I'm working on a query that is a combination of 30 files that has in the top a particular date. So i need to report in a column all the dates for the lines of each file in the same query. Is there any suugestion on how to do that.

Thanks for your help;

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v-yingjl
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Hi @Anonymous ,

If the dates in the files are both in the same column on a row,like this, there must be other blank values in other columns when you combine files in Power Query:

vyingjl_3-1646721614714.png

 

vyingjl_0-1646721481584.png

You can try like this query:

vyingjl_0-1647416760265.png

vyingjl_1-1647416786497.png

 

 

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Yingjie Li
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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v-yingjl
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Anonymous ,

If the dates in the files are both in the same column on a row,like this, there must be other blank values in other columns when you combine files in Power Query:

vyingjl_3-1646721614714.png

 

vyingjl_0-1646721481584.png

You can try like this query:

vyingjl_0-1647416760265.png

vyingjl_1-1647416786497.png

 

 

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Yingjie Li
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

MattAllington
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Community Champion

Watch my presentation to the UK PBI User Group yesterday. I show how to do this. 

https://youtu.be/bhh5CxykEsA



* Matt is an 8 times Microsoft MVP (Power BI) and author of the Power BI Book Supercharge Power BI.
I will not give you bad advice, even if you unknowingly ask for it.

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