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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.
Lewis-H
Jul 21, 2020Iron Contributor
You can add the column in your new data source, when Power BI refreshes against the data set you will NOT see it in report designer. You will have to go into the Query editor, select the dataset & refresh the preview. It will then pick up the new column. It will now show in the report designer.
Hope that helps
Hope that helps
Alealvajo
Mar 25, 2025Copper Contributor
This works perfectly and easy. Thanks