Forum Discussion
Update CSV/Excel instead of overwrite
- 4 years ago
Hello - this scenario could be easily handled with Power Automate (low/no code). You can use one of the ready-made templates to move a copy of the file to a different location each day and use Power BI to combine the files from the new location.
I have included a link to just one of the Power Automate templates available. There are many others that you can use if your source and destination are different that OneDrive/Sharepoint.
Copy files between OneDrive for Business and SharePoint
More flow templates:
https://us.flow.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/
Power Query - Combine Files from Folder
- 4 years ago
Yes, that is correct. It is pretty easy to add a date stamp to the end of the file name using Power Automate.
You can create a variable that holds the value of today's date and append that to the end of the file name when it is saved:
- 4 years ago
Similar questions get asked frequently (see links below) but the answer is that this is not something that Power BI is designed to do. Power BI is intended to read and visualize data, not be a repository for storing your data. A database is a more appropriate tool for that.
Update Power BI historical data daily
Store and "freeze" column data prior refresh
Similar questions get asked frequently (see links below) but the answer is that this is not something that Power BI is designed to do. Power BI is intended to read and visualize data, not be a repository for storing your data. A database is a more appropriate tool for that.
Update Power BI historical data daily
Store and "freeze" column data prior refresh