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Power Query Relative Path for OneDrive and Other Users
That could be like
Source = if Text.Start(filepath,5) = "https" then Web.Contents(...) else Csv.Document(...),but you shall to clean filepath before (remove sheet name and brackets). You may do in sheet by formula or in Power Query by another if then else. Hope it's possible to find ready to use pattern for both.
SergeiBaklan Thank You!
For anyone else who comes along, here is what worked for me to get a Power Query Relative Path that works for both file paths and One Drive addresses.
- Created a Worksheet titled Setup with this formula in cell B4:
=LEFT(CELL("filename",A1), FIND("[", CELL("filename",A1))-1) - Created a Defined Name for B4 and called it FilePath
- Hid the Setup Worksheet
- Clicked in my previously linked data I imported with Power Query.
- Clicked the Query tab in the Ribbon
- Clicked Edit on the Query tab
- Clicked Advanced Editor on the Home tab of Power Query Editor
- Changed the source line of my code to read as follows:
FilePath = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="FilePath"]}[Content]{0}[Column1],
FullPathToFile1 = FilePath & "export-information\orders.xlsx",
Source = if Text.Start(FullPathToFile1, 4) = "http"
then Excel.Workbook(Web.Contents(FullPathToFile1), null, true)
else Excel.Workbook(File.Contents(FullPathToFile1), null, true),
Great to know it works, thank you for sharing step by step instruction
Shouldn't the developers just provide a switchable option in Excel to select either absolute or relative?
Sorry, didn't catch. We speak about file path, correct? Which references do you mean?
Isn't the problem that Excel always wants to assign absolute addresses (file paths) to queries rather than providing the option of assigning relative paths? Relative paths would allow queries whose data resides in the same folder as the querying workbook to work even if the folder is renamed or moved.
