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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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維國 王 on 15 Oct 2022 08:06:36

RE: Allow Power Query to Export Data

希望可以輸出ETL結果到 SQL Server 以作為資料倉庫使用!!

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Vahid Pournavab on 25 May 2021 01:10:38

RE: Allow Power Query to Export Data

This would be amazing!!

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Power BI User on 06 Jul 2020 00:07:09

RE: Allow Power Query to Export Data

Well, you can run Python or R script at the end and do whatever you need (csv/excel export, write to db, etc.).

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Power BI Ideas Admin on 05 Jul 2020 23:30:13

RE: Allow Power Query to Export Data

Great idea!
Why not use the same "Transform UI" for your Datawarehouse ETL experience?
And use CDS-A / Data Flows as storge.
Or add Power Query to Azure Data Factory / Azure DW, ...

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Daniel Otykier on 05 Jul 2020 23:20:56

RE: Allow Power Query to Export Data

Power Query is an incredibly powerful ETL tool. Opening it up, so that it could be used to load data outside of Excel/Power BI/SSAS Tabular would probably make it the best ETL tool in the WORLD! This is a must!

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:15:53

RE: Allow Power Query to Export Data

Yes, yes, yes.

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Sebastian Roling on 05 Jul 2020 23:13:04

RE: Allow Power Query to Export Data

Yep, Powerquery is my preferred ETl tool but i still revert to other ETL tools whenever i need the output in a SQL table or csv. Please add this feature.

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Javier Recasens on 05 Jul 2020 23:01:38

RE: Allow Power Query to Export Data

GREAT IDEA!

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Andrew on 05 Jul 2020 22:59:24

RE: Allow Power Query to Export Data

PowerBI (and Power Query) is getting very close to Killer App status. This would move it along that pathway significantly. There is limited use in a tool that can take data from almost anywhere, perform almost any transformation and then not externalise the result.

Note that a lot of other suggestions on this site also arguably would be satisfied by taking this on - and so I feel this feature is under-represented in vote count.

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Kyle Hale on 05 Jul 2020 22:49:27

RE: Allow Power Query to Export Data

For those interested, this blog shows how to do this with PowerShell, really straightforward, works great even with large data.

https://ruiromanoblog.wordpress.com/2016/04/21/use-power-bi-desktop-as-an-etl-tool/