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Anonymous
1 year agoNot applicable
Sharepoint version history wild card power query code
Hi all, I'm wondering if anybody could help out on this code, in short this code will grab and (actually refresh once published) sharepoint version history. Right now the code below uses a singl...
- 1 year ago
Hi Anonymous
If you are happy with your current query's output for a single list item, I would suggest you do the following:
- Convert your existing query to a function, that takes parameters SiteURL, ListName and ItemID (code below).
- Create Power Query parameters for the Site URL and List Name.
- Create a query using the SharePoint List connector, making use of these parameters.
- Select at least the ItemID column from the list.
- Apply the function from step 1 to each row.
Here is how you could write the function :
// fnSharePointListItemVersionHistory (SiteURL as text, ListName as text, ItemID as number ) => let // Function parameters VersionsRelevantSharePointListName = ListName, VersionsRelevantSharePointLocation = SiteURL, VersionsRelevantItemID = ItemID, RelativePathURL = Text.Combine( { "/_api/web/Lists/getbytitle('", VersionsRelevantSharePointListName, "')/items(", Text.From(VersionsRelevantItemID), ")/versions" } ), Source = Xml.Tables( Web.Contents(VersionsRelevantSharePointLocation, [RelativePath = RelativePathURL]) ), entry = Source{0}[entry], #"Removed Other Columns2" = Table.SelectColumns(entry, {"content"}), #"Expanded content" = Table.ExpandTableColumn( #"Removed Other Columns2", "content", {"http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/metadata"}, {"content"} ), #"Expanded content1" = Table.ExpandTableColumn( #"Expanded content", "content", {"properties"}, {"properties"} ), #"Expanded properties" = Table.ExpandTableColumn( #"Expanded content1", "properties", {"http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices"}, {"properties"} ), #"Expanded properties1" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Expanded properties", "properties", {"Title"}, {"properties.Title"}) in #"Expanded properties1"And here is the final query containing versions per item in the list.
Note that you should create Power Query parameters Site URL and List Name first.
// ItemVersions let Source = SharePoint.Tables( #"Site URL" , [Implementation="2.0", ViewMode="All"]), List = Source{[Title= #"List Name"]}[Items], #"Select Title and ID" = Table.SelectColumns(List,{"Title", "ID"}), #"Invoked Custom Function" = Table.AddColumn(#"Select Title and ID", "VersionHistory", each fnSharePointListItemVersionHistory(#"Site URL", #"List Name", [ID])), #"Expanded VersionHistory" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Invoked Custom Function", "VersionHistory", {"properties.Title"}, {"properties.Title"}), #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Expanded VersionHistory",{{"Title", type text}, {"properties.Title", type text}}) in #"Changed Type"I have attached a PBIX which I tested using a dummy list created on my own SharePoint Online site.
Are you able to get something similar working?
Anonymous
1 year agoNot applicable
Hi Owen,
I managed to fix this by with a bit of adjusting, here was the final code that worked with refresh.
// fnSharePointListItemVersionHistory
(ItemID as number ) =>
let
// Function parameters
VersionsRelevantSharePointListName = "Site Pages",
VersionsRelevantItemID = ItemID,
Source = Xml.Tables(
Web.Contents(
"https://xxxxx.sharepoint.com/teams/sitename/_api/web/", [RelativePath = "Lists/getbytitle('" & VersionsRelevantSharePointListName & "')/items(" & Text.From(VersionsRelevantItemID) & ")/versions"]
)
),
entry = Source{0}[entry],
#"Removed Other Columns2" = Table.SelectColumns(entry,{"content"}),
#"Expanded content" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Removed Other Columns2", "content", {"http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/metadata"}, {"content"}),
#"Expanded content1" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Expanded content", "content", {"properties"}, {"properties"}),
#"Expanded properties" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Expanded content1", "properties", {"http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices"}, {"properties"})
in
#"Expanded properties"
Many thanks again 🙂
OwenAuger
1 year agoSuper User
That's great news Anonymous !
Glad you've got it working and thanks for posting the refresh-friendly code!
Wishing you all the best,
Owen