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Vandergledison
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automaticly append 2 tables

Dear all,

i have a table that gets an update every year.

i already appended both of them. In the old i filter the years 2017-2021 (e.g) and in the new one i filter 2022-2028 (the new one always come with 5 years or more in the future (forecasting).

After appending them, i get a final version containing the data from 2017 till 2028.

This new one should now be the one that i would use as an "old one" for the next year.

Is there a way so i could automate the whole process? like when i add the new query data to gater the data untill previous year and add only the current and future years?

thanks a lot

the link contain an extract of how the table looks like (they are always the same format)

Table example 

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KT_Bsmart2gethe
Impactful Individual
Impactful Individual

Hi @Vandergledison,

 

My understanding is you have 2 tables, both applied filter and mutually exclusive. You want to automate them so you don't have to change the filter.

 

Questions:

1. Are you using Power BI or Excel?

 

Solution:

1. If you're using Power BI, then you can use the incremental load as per @ImkeF

2. If you're using Excel, you can achieve it with an Input table.

3. Add a formula to each query prior appending them.

    e.g. Table 1: Table.SelectRows(#"Previous Step", each [Column - Year]<Date.Year(DateTime.LocalNow()) )

           Table 2: Table.SelectRows(#"Previous Step", each [Column - Year]>=Date.Year(DateTime.LocalNow()) )

 

Regards

KT

ImkeF
Community Champion
Community Champion

Hi @Vandergledison ,
not sure I understand your request, but maybe you're looking for incremental refresh: Incremental refresh for datasets and real-time data in Power BI - Power BI | Microsoft Docs

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