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"The credentials provided for the Sharepoint source are invalid" when using custom functions
- 9 months ago
Hi dragonhood,
That specific error (There weren't enough elements...) happens because the code is trying to access the first row {0} of a table that is empty.
Why? It means that at least one of the Excel files inside your SharePoint folder does not contain a sheet named exactly "Charts". When the code tries to grab that sheet and doesn't find it, it crashes.
To fix this, we need to modify the Step 5 (ExtractCharts) to handle errors gracefully (using try...otherwise null) and add a filter immediately after to exclude files that don't have the required sheet.
Here is the updated code block. Please replace your entire query with this version:
let // 1. Load SharePoint files using the parameter Source = SharePoint.Files(SharepointSite, [ApiVersion = 15]), // 2. Keep only the required folder FilteredRows = Table.SelectRows(Source, each [Folder Path] = FolderPath), // 3. Exclude hidden files VisibleFiles = Table.SelectRows(FilteredRows, each [Attributes]?[Hidden]? <> true), // 4. Read Excel content directly (Inline transformation) ExcelContent = Table.AddColumn(VisibleFiles, "Excel", each Excel.Workbook([Content], null, true)), // 5. Extract specific sheet "Charts" WITH ERROR HANDLING // If the sheet "Charts" doesn't exist, it returns null instead of crashing ExtractCharts = Table.AddColumn( ExcelContent, "ChartsSheet", each try Table.SelectRows([Excel], each [Item] = "Charts" and [Kind] = "Sheet"){0}[Data] otherwise null ), // 5.1 NEW STEP: Filter out files that didn't have the "Charts" sheet RemoveMissingSheets = Table.SelectRows(ExtractCharts, each [ChartsSheet] <> null), // 6. Promote headers inside each nested table PromoteHeaders = Table.TransformColumns( RemoveMissingSheets, {"ChartsSheet", each Table.PromoteHeaders(_, [PromoteAllScalars = true])} ), // 7. Rename file column to keep source traceability RenameSource = Table.RenameColumns(PromoteHeaders, {{"Name", "SourceName"}}), // 8. Expand data from the nested tables ExpandedData = Table.ExpandTableColumn( RenameSource, "ChartsSheet", Table.ColumnNames(PromoteHeaders{0}[ChartsSheet]) ), // 9. Set Standard types ChangeType = Table.TransformColumnTypes( ExpandedData, { {"SourceName", type text}, {"Period", type date}, {"Total ISFs Filed", Int64.Type}, {"Total On Time ISFs", Int64.Type}, {"Total Late ISFs", Int64.Type}, {"Percentage On Time", Percentage.Type}, {"Percentage Late", Percentage.Type} } ), // 10. Remove unneeded columns RemoveExtraCols = Table.RemoveColumns(ChangeType, {"Column7", "Period_id"}), // 11. Filter only valid rows FilterValid = Table.SelectRows( RemoveExtraCols, each ([Percentage On Time] <> null and [Percentage Late] <> null) ), // 12. Duplicate SourceName for split logic DuplicateSource = Table.DuplicateColumn(FilterValid, "SourceName", "SourceName_Copy1"), // 13. Split importer info (Transition from Text to Number) SplitImporter = Table.SplitColumn( DuplicateSource, "SourceName_Copy1", Splitter.SplitTextByCharacterTransition({"c"}, each not List.Contains({"0" .. "9"}, _)), {"Importer", "ImporterCodePart1", "ImporterCodePart2"} ), // 14. Clean Importer Name CleanImporter = Table.ReplaceValue( SplitImporter, "ISF REPORT - ", "", Replacer.ReplaceText, {"Importer"} ), // 15. Merge importer code parts MergeImporterCode = Table.CombineColumns( CleanImporter, {"ImporterCodePart1", "ImporterCodePart2"}, Combiner.CombineTextByDelimiter("", QuoteStyle.None), "ImporterCode" ), // 16. Clean file extension from code CleanImporterCode = Table.ReplaceValue( MergeImporterCode, ".xlsx", "", Replacer.ReplaceText, {"ImporterCode"} ), // 17. Reorder final columns FinalReorder = Table.ReorderColumns( CleanImporterCode, { "SourceName", "Importer", "ImporterCode", "Period", "Total ISFs Filed", "Total On Time ISFs", "Total Late ISFs", "Percentage On Time", "Percentage Late" } ) in FinalReorderThis ensures that if a file is missing the specific tab, it is simply ignored instead of causing an Enumeration error.
Let me know if it runs smoothly now!
Hi rodrigosan ,
Thanks for your reply. I'm currently facing this error after saving this query
Could you please guide me on this?
Hi dragonhood,
That specific error (There weren't enough elements...) happens because the code is trying to access the first row {0} of a table that is empty.
Why? It means that at least one of the Excel files inside your SharePoint folder does not contain a sheet named exactly "Charts". When the code tries to grab that sheet and doesn't find it, it crashes.
To fix this, we need to modify the Step 5 (ExtractCharts) to handle errors gracefully (using try...otherwise null) and add a filter immediately after to exclude files that don't have the required sheet.
Here is the updated code block. Please replace your entire query with this version:
let
// 1. Load SharePoint files using the parameter
Source = SharePoint.Files(SharepointSite, [ApiVersion = 15]),
// 2. Keep only the required folder
FilteredRows = Table.SelectRows(Source, each [Folder Path] = FolderPath),
// 3. Exclude hidden files
VisibleFiles = Table.SelectRows(FilteredRows, each [Attributes]?[Hidden]? <> true),
// 4. Read Excel content directly (Inline transformation)
ExcelContent = Table.AddColumn(VisibleFiles, "Excel", each Excel.Workbook([Content], null, true)),
// 5. Extract specific sheet "Charts" WITH ERROR HANDLING
// If the sheet "Charts" doesn't exist, it returns null instead of crashing
ExtractCharts = Table.AddColumn(
ExcelContent,
"ChartsSheet",
each try Table.SelectRows([Excel], each [Item] = "Charts" and [Kind] = "Sheet"){0}[Data] otherwise null
),
// 5.1 NEW STEP: Filter out files that didn't have the "Charts" sheet
RemoveMissingSheets = Table.SelectRows(ExtractCharts, each [ChartsSheet] <> null),
// 6. Promote headers inside each nested table
PromoteHeaders = Table.TransformColumns(
RemoveMissingSheets,
{"ChartsSheet", each Table.PromoteHeaders(_, [PromoteAllScalars = true])}
),
// 7. Rename file column to keep source traceability
RenameSource = Table.RenameColumns(PromoteHeaders, {{"Name", "SourceName"}}),
// 8. Expand data from the nested tables
ExpandedData = Table.ExpandTableColumn(
RenameSource,
"ChartsSheet",
Table.ColumnNames(PromoteHeaders{0}[ChartsSheet])
),
// 9. Set Standard types
ChangeType = Table.TransformColumnTypes(
ExpandedData,
{
{"SourceName", type text},
{"Period", type date},
{"Total ISFs Filed", Int64.Type},
{"Total On Time ISFs", Int64.Type},
{"Total Late ISFs", Int64.Type},
{"Percentage On Time", Percentage.Type},
{"Percentage Late", Percentage.Type}
}
),
// 10. Remove unneeded columns
RemoveExtraCols = Table.RemoveColumns(ChangeType, {"Column7", "Period_id"}),
// 11. Filter only valid rows
FilterValid = Table.SelectRows(
RemoveExtraCols,
each ([Percentage On Time] <> null and [Percentage Late] <> null)
),
// 12. Duplicate SourceName for split logic
DuplicateSource = Table.DuplicateColumn(FilterValid, "SourceName", "SourceName_Copy1"),
// 13. Split importer info (Transition from Text to Number)
SplitImporter = Table.SplitColumn(
DuplicateSource,
"SourceName_Copy1",
Splitter.SplitTextByCharacterTransition({"c"}, each not List.Contains({"0" .. "9"}, _)),
{"Importer", "ImporterCodePart1", "ImporterCodePart2"}
),
// 14. Clean Importer Name
CleanImporter = Table.ReplaceValue(
SplitImporter,
"ISF REPORT - ",
"",
Replacer.ReplaceText,
{"Importer"}
),
// 15. Merge importer code parts
MergeImporterCode = Table.CombineColumns(
CleanImporter,
{"ImporterCodePart1", "ImporterCodePart2"},
Combiner.CombineTextByDelimiter("", QuoteStyle.None),
"ImporterCode"
),
// 16. Clean file extension from code
CleanImporterCode = Table.ReplaceValue(
MergeImporterCode,
".xlsx",
"",
Replacer.ReplaceText,
{"ImporterCode"}
),
// 17. Reorder final columns
FinalReorder = Table.ReorderColumns(
CleanImporterCode,
{
"SourceName",
"Importer",
"ImporterCode",
"Period",
"Total ISFs Filed",
"Total On Time ISFs",
"Total Late ISFs",
"Percentage On Time",
"Percentage Late"
}
)
in
FinalReorderThis ensures that if a file is missing the specific tab, it is simply ignored instead of causing an Enumeration error.
Let me know if it runs smoothly now!