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I have created a staging dataflow connected to a sharepoint folder. As I am on a Pro license, I have cretaed an initial table which has load disabled:
let
Source = SharePoint.Files("FOLDER NAME", [ApiVersion = 15]),
#"Split column by delimiter" = Table.SplitColumn(Source, "Folder Path", Splitter.SplitTextByEachDelimiter({"/"}, QuoteStyle.Csv, true), {"Folder Path.1", "Folder Path.2"}),
#"Split column by delimiter 1" = Table.SplitColumn(#"Split column by delimiter", "Folder Path.1", Splitter.SplitTextByEachDelimiter({"/"}, QuoteStyle.Csv, true), {"Folder Path.3", "Folder Path.4"}),
#"Filtered rows" = Table.SelectRows(#"Split column by delimiter 1", each [Folder Path.3] = "FOLDER NAME/reports"),
#"Removed columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Filtered rows", {"Folder Path.2"})
in
#"Removed columns"
I then reference it in a separate table which has load enabled for use in other dataflows:
let
Source = #"All submissions",
#"Filtered rows" = Table.SelectRows(Source, each [Folder Path.4] = "Q1 2022-23")
in
#"Filtered rows"
The problem is when I save the dataflow and refresh it, PBI adds on a line which means I can't access the content of the excel files in another dataflow.
let
Source = #"All submissions",
#"Filtered rows" = Table.SelectRows(Source, each [Folder Path.4] = "Q1 2022-23"),
#"Remove columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Filtered rows", Table.ColumnsOfType(#"Filtered rows", {type table, type record, type list, type nullable binary, type binary, type function}))
in
#"Remove columns"
I have tried using a "Choose columns" query but it keeps automatically adding that function in, how do I stop it?
Try right click the query and untick the "Enabling staging"
hello
Did you find an answer to this issue ? I'm facing the same and I have no clue how to prevent powerBI from adding this removeColumns step 😞
Thanks
G
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