How To Append Data In Power Bi

How to Append Data in Power BI

Appending data in Power BI allows you to add new rows of data to an existing dataset in Power BI Desktop. This can be useful when you have new data that you want to include in your reports and analysis. Here’s how you can append data in Power BI:

1. Step 1: Open Power BI Desktop and click on “Get Data” in the Home tab.
2. Step 2: Choose the data source you want to append data from. This can be a file, database, or other data sources.
3. Step 3: Connect to the data source and select the specific table or data you want to append.
4. Step 4: Once the data is loaded, click on “Edit” to open the Power Query Editor.
5. Step 5: In the Power Query Editor, click on “Append Queries” in the Home tab.
6. Step 6: Select the existing table or dataset that you want to append the new data to.
7. Step 7: Choose the table or data you loaded in Step 3 to append it to the existing dataset.
8. Step 8: Click on “OK” to append the data. Power Query will combine the two datasets into a single table.
9. Step 9: Close the Power Query Editor and load the updated dataset into Power BI.
10. Step 10: You can now use the appended data in your Power BI reports and analysis.

Here’s an example to illustrate the process:

Let’s say you have an existing dataset in Power BI with sales data for the past month. You just received new sales data for the current month that you want to include in your reports. Follow the steps mentioned above to append the new sales data to the existing dataset. This will allow you to analyze the combined sales data for the past and current month in your Power BI reports.