Skip to main content
cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

Next up in the FabCon + SQLCon recap series: The roadmap for Microsoft SQL and Maximizing Developer experiences in Fabric. All sessions are available on-demand after the live show. Register now

Reply
Arkhos94
Helper IV
Helper IV

Sharepoint folder source / How to filter well ?

After a lot of try I manage to connect my power query to my sharepoint folder. The data I want to load is a set of excel file (one per month, named "nationales + year-month" (so "Nationale 2021-05", "Nationale 2021-04" and so on)

 

I load more file that I want, so I need to filter. But I want the filter to be efficient so I don't want to update my filter each month

 

Right now my power query look like this :

Source = SharePoint.Files("https://mycompany.sharepoint.com/sites/sharepointsitename", [ApiVersion = 15]),
#"Lignes filtrées" = Table.SelectRows(Source, each ([Name] = "Nationale 2021-01.xlsx" or [Name] = "Nationale 2021-02.xlsx" or [Name] = "Nationale 2021-03.xlsx" or [Name] = "Nationale 2021-04.xlsx" or [Name] = "Nationale 2021-05.xlsx")),

 

Is there any way to replace the "each ([Name] =" so it will select every name that start by "Nationale " ?

1 ACCEPTED SOLUTION
CNENFRNL
Community Champion
Community Champion

= Table.SelectRows(Source, each Text.StartsWith([Name], "Nationale"))

Thanks to the great efforts by MS engineers to simplify syntax of DAX! Most beginners are SUCCESSFULLY MISLED to think that they could easily master DAX; but it turns out that the intricacy of the most frequently used RANKX() is still way beyond their comprehension!

DAX is simple, but NOT EASY!

View solution in original post

3 REPLIES 3
Arkhos94
Helper IV
Helper IV

Thank you @CNENFRNL 

 

I think it's time for me to start learning the coding language used by power query

Yes, indeed, perhaps 20% of ETL tasks can be completed by UI; the real power of Power Query lies in the M language.

Good luck!


Thanks to the great efforts by MS engineers to simplify syntax of DAX! Most beginners are SUCCESSFULLY MISLED to think that they could easily master DAX; but it turns out that the intricacy of the most frequently used RANKX() is still way beyond their comprehension!

DAX is simple, but NOT EASY!

CNENFRNL
Community Champion
Community Champion

= Table.SelectRows(Source, each Text.StartsWith([Name], "Nationale"))

Thanks to the great efforts by MS engineers to simplify syntax of DAX! Most beginners are SUCCESSFULLY MISLED to think that they could easily master DAX; but it turns out that the intricacy of the most frequently used RANKX() is still way beyond their comprehension!

DAX is simple, but NOT EASY!

Helpful resources

Announcements
New to Fabric survey Carousel

New to Fabric Survey

If you have recently started exploring Fabric, we'd love to hear how it's going. Your feedback can help with product improvements.

Power BI DataViz World Championships carousel

Power BI DataViz World Championships - June 2026

A new Power BI DataViz World Championship is coming this June! Don't miss out on submitting your entry.

Join our Fabric User Panel

Join our Fabric User Panel

Share feedback directly with Fabric product managers, participate in targeted research studies and influence the Fabric roadmap.

March Power BI Update Carousel

Power BI Community Update - March 2026

Check out the March 2026 Power BI update to learn about new features.