Replace username in C:\Users\...\AppData\Roaming path in PowerBi query

[tporteous]

Hi,

I have a dashboard that pulls data from a CSV file in C:\Users\...\AppData\Roaming\ folder, but want to give this to someone else, who will have a CSV file in the same location on their PC.

Is there a way to have the PowerBI query grab the user's appdata folder path and update the data source automatically?

For example, in VBA i would just use Environ("AppData").

any help appreciated thanks!

[v-jingzhang · Accepted solution]

Hi @tporteous 

Power Query doesn't have such Environ function to get environment variable values from the local computer, so I'm afraid it is not possible to update the data source automatically. 

As a workaround, you can set up a query parameter for the username. Then use the parameter name to replace the fixed username section in the file path. When you give this report to other people, they just need to edit the value of the username parameter to get data from their folder. 

Reference: Parameters - Power Query | Microsoft Learn

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Jing
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