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Hello Everyone,

 

Hoping to get some help here, I am trying to create a table collection from a table in Excel. I created a button with the following formula in the OnSelect property:

 

 

ClearCollect(colHistory, SortByColumns(Filter(History, Not(IsBlank(Date)) && Not(IsBlank(Close))),"Date",SortOrder.Descending)) //History is a table from Excel
DropColumns(colHistory,"Days","High","Low","Open","Volume")

 

 

Last night, it was working except for it added all the columns in the collection. I saved and closed it to work on removing the unwanted columns the next morning. This morning, upon running it, it gave me this error:

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So I removed the SortByColumns, which resolved the error; however, here are some issues that I am now encountering:

  • The button is showing a Delegation warning: The highlighted part of this formula might not work correctly on large data sets. The "And" operation is not supported by this connector.
  • The colHistory collection is not returning the updated data, even after refreshing the History data.
  • The data seems inacurate. Please check the prices and the date
  • The colHistory collection, is returning all columns and all blank rows

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My objective is:

  • I want to create a collection with just 2 columns (Date and Close ONLY) from an Excel Table with 7 columns and 260 rows.
  • The collection must not include blank rows
  • The collection data must be accurate

Thanks in advance.

 

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    BCLS776 Profile Picture
    8,994 Moderator on at

    Try this to see if it works better for you, and keep in mind Excel data sources are limited in size (500 rows, I believe)

    With({aFilter: SortByColumns(History, "Date", SortOrder.Descending)},
     ClearCollect(colHistory, 
     ShowColumns(
     Filter(aFilter, Date <> Blank(), Close <> Blank()),
     "Date",
     "Close"
     )
     ) 
    )

    Hope that helps,

    Bryan

  • Harold_ Profile Picture
    21 on at

    Thanks Bryan, this fixed the problem!

  • Harold_ Profile Picture
    21 on at

    Hey Bryan, it worked for a split second then now it is not showing any data.

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  • BCLS776 Profile Picture
    8,994 Moderator on at

    Check to make sure no one has the excel file open - this has hung up the connector me in the past.

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