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Caesarus7
Feb 25, 2020Copper Contributor
Refresh query to add new columns
Hi all, I'm looking to track the Coronavirus and update daily so I can see how many new cases there are. I am pulling the information from http://CSSEGISandData/COVID-19/blob/master/csse_covid_...
- Mar 10, 2020
To work with columns dynamically you shall to change Columns parameter to null. After that depends what are you doing here, in this script change type for the dynamic list of columns.
let //Source= Csv.Document(File.Contents("C:\Test\time_series_19-covid-Confirmed.csv"),[Delimiter=",", Columns=38, Encoding=1252, QuoteStyle=QuoteStyle.None]) // Change in above Columns=38 (or whatever number you have) on // Columns=null - all existing columns will be taken automatically Source = Csv.Document( File.Contents("C:\Test\time_series_19-covid-Confirmed.csv"), [Delimiter=",", Columns=null, Encoding=1252, QuoteStyle=QuoteStyle.None] ), #"Promoted Headers" = Table.PromoteHeaders( Source, [PromoteAllScalars=true] ), //Here we dynamically change columns type on Whole Number //for all columns starting from 5th one (4+1) // Before that remove automatically added #"Changed Type" step #"Changed Type"=Table.TransformColumnTypes( #"Promoted Headers", List.Transform( List.Range( Table.ColumnNames(#"Promoted Headers"),4 ), each {_, Int64.Type} ) ), // Additionally apply proper type to first coluns, // they are always the same #"Changed Type1" = Table.TransformColumnTypes( #"Changed Type", { {"Lat", type number}, {"Long", type number} } ) in #"Changed Type1"
Same script is in attached file, you only shall to change the source to make it workable.
Leon Tribe
Mar 10, 2020MVP
I have exactly the same problem. The best I can do is:
Refresh the query in Excel to flush the cache
Open a blank Excel
Open the Raw link in the blank Excel
Copy the query from Advanced Editor
Go to my original Excel, go to Advanced Editor and copy in the new query
Its a hassle and I am tempted to forget the query route altogether and just copy paste from the web site and use Text to Columns.