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Allow Power Query to Export Data

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Henson on 31 Jul 2015 22:00:34

Allow Power Query results to be written back to a flat file or SQL table.

Relivant forum thread:
http://community.powerbi.com/t5/Integrations-with-Files-and/Can-PowerQuery-write-data-back-out/m-p/1747

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3963ff67 179f-487a-9c72-a767bf550431 on 05 Jul 2020 22:37:29

RE: Allow Power Query to Export Data

Great idea can't wait to see it.

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756e801d a983-4029-bfa8-5f75a2bbb62b on 05 Jul 2020 22:36:53

RE: Allow Power Query to Export Data

this needs to happen! especially for large datasets (> 1M)

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8bb861aa 146c-4892-836d-d99513bf95d9 on 05 Jul 2020 22:29:05

RE: Allow Power Query to Export Data

must have for enterprise solution

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a1589274 5eaa-47f4-8cc6-00d03ab88ae5 on 05 Jul 2020 22:25:59

RE: Allow Power Query to Export Data

I use dax studio as a workaround, using dax query and export to a text file, i have test it with a 3 Million records and it works very well

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585e521b 787c-485d-af8d-3f9c868ac08e on 05 Jul 2020 22:25:26

RE: Allow Power Query to Export Data

As a bit of a workaround, the method described here: http://biinsight.com/connect-to-power-bi-desktop-model-from-excel-and-ssms/ also works to connect SSIS to Power BI Desktop.

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125980fc 7ecf-41fc-8db5-5615dd2c8a7c on 05 Jul 2020 22:24:57

RE: Allow Power Query to Export Data

As with others, we think PowerBI can be the silver bullet, the BI slayer, if it writes back data to SQL Server.

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a01d7907 3551-44cb-b888-ddd97b46658b on 05 Jul 2020 22:20:22

RE: Allow Power Query to Export Data

This is a must have function for me. Power BI is so close to being my complete data management solution but if I can't get the data back out then it's impossible!

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de5d9375 ce55-4140-be27-bf57d899c41b on 05 Jul 2020 22:18:44

RE: Allow Power Query to Export Data

This is a must in order to make data models more efficient.

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0044b64b 3db1-4f3d-8095-0324fee701c0 on 05 Jul 2020 22:18:12

RE: Allow Power Query to Export Data

This is a definite need. As others note, there are workarounds but they are really only effective with a small amount of data. Being able to easily export data (especially into a flat file format) is often requested by my users and would be a very welcomed enhancement!!!

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15402377 b3b0-4f6b-9ef1-9570ec880c1c on 05 Jul 2020 22:14:50

RE: Allow Power Query to Export Data

'Yes, this would make it way more versatile.

For now you can export it to PPivot, and either:
- Copy paste it into excel (small volumes, but anything within bare excel limitations with a good enough computer)
- Use a macro to dump it into a csv. It crashes with large volumes though (> 5-10 Go).