web
You’re offline. This is a read only version of the page.
close
Skip to main content

Announcements

Welcome to the Power Platform Communities
News and Announcements icon
Community site session details

Community site session details

Session Id :
Power Platform Community / Forums / Power Automate / Auto refresh excel pow...
Power Automate
Unanswered

Auto refresh excel power query connections connected to folder containg .xls files

(0) ShareShare
ReportReport
Posted on by Srikanth08 11

Hi Experts,

I am trying to use Power automate to refresh an excel powerquery connections and update data present in the excel tables. The source is connection to the folder containing different .xls files. I am trying to schedule this refresh once in a day. Is there any way we can do it?

 

Categories:
Using flows
I have the same question (0)
  • manuelstgomes Profile Picture
    manuelstgomes 6,625 on at

    Hi @Srikanth08 

     

    I don't think that's possible, but if it is, I would love to know how because I have the same requirement :).

     

    If I have answered your question, please mark your post as Solved.
    If you like my response, please give it a Thumbs Up.

    Cheers
    Manuel

  • Srikanth08 Profile Picture
    Srikanth08 11 on at

    Yes i have gone the traditional way of writing VBA code to open the powerquery file and refresh the connections.

  • manuelstgomes Profile Picture
    manuelstgomes 6,625 on at

    Hi @Srikanth08 

     

    But not automatically using Power Automate right?

     

    If I have answered your question, please mark your post as Solved.
    If you like my response, please give it a Thumbs Up.

    Cheers
    Manuel

  • Haithamalsheikh Profile Picture
    Haithamalsheikh 13 on at

    i have the same issue can anyone solve it?

  • takolota1 Profile Picture
    takolota1 4,978 Moderator on at

    @manuelstgomes & @Haithamalsheikh 

     

    You can try the routes of auto-refreshing the query on opening the workbook or using Power Automate Desktop

    https://www.thespreadsheetguru.com/blog/vba-refresh-data-connections-excel?sales_kw=refresh%7Csales_kw%3Dexcel%7Csales_kw%3Ddata%20connections%7Csales_kw%3Dqueries%7Csales_kw%3Dstock%20datum%7Csales_kw%3Drefreshall%20msgbox%7Csales_kw%3Dthisworkbook%20object%7Csales_kw%3Dvba%20code%7Csales_kw%3Dfile%7Csales_kw%3Dbelow%20code%7Csales_kw%3Dfunction%7Csales_kw%3Dsheet%20object%7Csales_kw%3Dtext%20editor%7Csales_kw%3Dsecond%7Csales_kw%3Dontime%20functionality%7Csales_cat%3D596%7Csales_cat%3D597%7Csales_cat%3D631%7Csales_cat%3D599%7Csales_cat%3D602%7Csales_safety%3DGGT0%7Cwswy%3D0%7C&format=amp

    https://blog.crossjoin.co.uk/2022/02/27/refreshing-excel-power-query-queries-with-vba-and-power-automate-for-desktop/amp/

     

     

     

    Or if neither of those are sufficient & your query is relatively simple, then you could try doing a batch upsert & batch delete to refresh each table…

    Batch Upsert

    https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Power-Automate-Cookbook/Excel-Batch-Create-Update-and-Upsert/td-p/1624706

    BatchDeleteSync template

    https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Power-Automate-Cookbook/Excel-Batch-Delete/td-p/1634375

Under review

Thank you for your reply! To ensure a great experience for everyone, your content is awaiting approval by our Community Managers. Please check back later.

Helpful resources

News and Announcements

Welcome to the Power Platform Communities

Quick Links

Introducing the 2026 Season 1 community Super Users

Congratulations to our 2026 Super Users!

Kudos to our 2025 Community Spotlight Honorees

Congratulations to our 2025 community superstars!

Congratulations to the January Top 10 Community Leaders!

These are the community rock stars!

Leaderboard > Power Automate

#1
David_MA Profile Picture

David_MA 86 Super User 2026 Season 1

#2
Haque Profile Picture

Haque 55

#3
Ellis Karim Profile Picture

Ellis Karim 53 Super User 2026 Season 1

Last 30 days Overall leaderboard

Featured topics

Share your ideas and struggles with building Power Automate flows!
Survey: Power Automate mobile app
How to Ask for Help with Your Power Automate Workflow
Flows are not visible for users who sign in with their personal accounts
Start and wait for an approval action
Restore a deleted flow
List of actions cheat sheet for Power Automate Desktop
Question for everyone : How are you using Create Text GPT in AI Builder?
Welcome to the Power Automate forum!

Product updates

Microsoft Power Platform Community release plans