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The Definitive Guide to Power Query (M)

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Product type Book
Published in Mar 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781835089729
Pages 758 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Authors (3):
Gregory Deckler Gregory Deckler
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Rick de Groot Rick de Groot
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Melissa de Korte Melissa de Korte
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Preface Introducing M Working with Power Query/M Accessing and Combining Data Understanding Values and Expressions Understanding Data Types Structured Values Conceptualizing M Working with Nested Structures Parameters and Custom Functions Dealing with Dates, Times, and Durations Comparers, Replacers, Combiners, and Splitters Handling Errors and Debugging Iteration and Recursion Troublesome Data Patterns Optimizing Performance Enabling Extensions Other Books You May Enjoy
Index

Installing and using a custom connector

To do this, please follow these steps:

  1. With your project open in Visual Studio Code, save your work by clicking File | Save All in the menu.
  2. Expand the POWER QUERY SDK section in the EXPLORER pane.
  3. Click Run TestConnection function and ensure no errors are displayed.
  4. Make sure that the TDGTPQM.pq file is selected in the Explorer pane and then click the Evaluate current file. This time, the PQTest result tab should display the following information:

    Figure 16.10: TDGTPQM.pq evaluation output

    As you can see, this is the top level of how our navigation will be displayed in the Navigator dialog of the Power Query UI and directly corresponds to the specifications of our objects expression from our TDGTPQM_Discord.Contents function.

  1. Click the bin\AnyCPU\Debug folder link in the EXPLORER pane to expand this folder.
  2. Right-click the TDGTPQM_Discord.mez file and choose Reveal in File Explorer...
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