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Self-referencing Columns Won't Stay Put Upon Power Query Refresh
Thank you, Yalan. I have read that article before, but it seems to be about keeping collumn rows in sync. This is not my problem. I am asking strictly about the column headers. When I refresh the power query, my self referencing column headers (the custom ones that reference the query columns) change order.
Please see the example below. The first table is how I would like the column headers to remain organized. The second table is what happens when I refresh the query. The formulas still work and the values are correct, the columns themselves are just out of order.
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| Additional Service 1 Billout | Additional Service 2 | Job Time | Additional Service 2 Billout | Addtional Service 1 |
| 0.00 | N/A | 3 | 0.00 | N/A |
| $25 | N/A | 4 | 0.00 | Remote Job |
Hi Ctisa87,
There is a command in PQ Table.ReorderColumns() which deals with this.
Just manually (using your mouse) move the colunms into positions that you prefer them to be and they should fall into places in the output.
Cheers,
John
Does this solution work for columns that are not part of the power query? For instance, the columns that move are the ones I add in excel after the power query has already been performed.
Hi Ctisa87,
I beleive so. In my testing the structure of the table (columns order), which I set in Excel did not change after data were updated in the origial table and refreshed. Below "blue" table is the source data, "green" table is an output of a simple query, which reads and returns the source data, Tx columns are manually added in Excel and are not part of the dataset returned by PQ:
Cheres,
John
