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Gregory Deckler
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Greg Deckler is a 7-time Microsoft MVP for Data Platform and an active blogger and Power BI community member, having written over 6,000 solutions to community questions. Greg has authored many books on Power BI, including Learn Power BI 1st and 2nd Editions, DAX Cookbook, Power BI Cookbook 2nd Edition and Mastering Power BI 2nd Edition. Greg has also created several external tools for Power BI and regularly posts video content to his YouTube channels, Microsoft Hates Greg and DAX For Humans.
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Rick de Groot
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Rick de Groot was born in the Netherlands and has been working in BI for more than 14 years. He went freelance in 2016 and now works as an independent Power BI consultant. On his mission to make Power BI more accessible, he started two blogs: BI Gorilla and PowerQuery. how, and a YouTube channel sharing Power Query and Power BI content. His commitment to offering free content through multiple platforms has led him to earning the Microsoft Data Platform MVP award for two consecutive years.
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Melissa de Korte's approach to facing challenges is fueled by relentless curiosity. She is a dedicated community member and content creator. Her portfolio includes blogs, tutorials, courses, and webinars, that make Power Query M more accessible and useful for all. Behind her professional persona lies a genuine dedication to empowering others through education and knowledge sharing, and a desire to encourage professionals to embrace the potential of Power Query, M.
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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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Gregory Deckler

Greg Deckler is a 7-time Microsoft MVP for Data Platform and an active blogger and Power BI community member, having written over 6,000 solutions to community questions. Greg has authored many books on Power BI, including Learn Power BI 1st and 2nd Editions, DAX Cookbook, Power BI Cookbook 2nd Edition and Mastering Power BI 2nd Edition. Greg has also created several external tools for Power BI and regularly posts video content to his YouTube channels, Microsoft Hates Greg and DAX For Humans.
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Rick de Groot

Rick de Groot was born in the Netherlands and has been working in BI for more than 14 years. He went freelance in 2016 and now works as an independent Power BI consultant. On his mission to make Power BI more accessible, he started two blogs: BI Gorilla and PowerQuery. how, and a YouTube channel sharing Power Query and Power BI content. His commitment to offering free content through multiple platforms has led him to earning the Microsoft Data Platform MVP award for two consecutive years.
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Melissa de Korte

Melissa de Korte's approach to facing challenges is fueled by relentless curiosity. She is a dedicated community member and content creator. Her portfolio includes blogs, tutorials, courses, and webinars, that make Power Query M more accessible and useful for all. Behind her professional persona lies a genuine dedication to empowering others through education and knowledge sharing, and a desire to encourage professionals to embrace the potential of Power Query, M.
Read more about Melissa de Korte