Loading and combine excel files is quite easy by using "combine binaries" feature in Power BI. Just following instructions in this link , you could load all files, which have the same schema, into a single logic table.
But real life always has exceptions. a business user provided me some excel files and asked me to demonstrate how to load these files and combine them into one table in Power BI this morning. When I demonstrate him how to do that, after I choose "combine and load" ,
And:
Clicking on "Error", it shows the error message :
Then I noticed that the sheet name is hard-coded in "Transform Sample File from DataFileFolder" query:
and the sheet name in each excel file is different.
To solve that issue, I replace that line of code to get records from the source, that is a table, and then get the first sheet by index. Here is the code:
#"AFD Survey - ATL Crown Owned PW_Sheet" = Table.ToRecords(Source){0}[Data]
It shows that Power Query M is a powerful tool to solve some challenges in a neat way again.
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