How to Import a Large Excel Dataset into SharePoint Using Power Automate

In this blog post, I discuss how to import 100,000 rows and 56 columns (5.6m data points) into a SharePoint List (Microsoft Lists) from a Microsoft Excel csv file using Power Automate. I downloaded a 1.8 GB csv dataset from Kaggle with 495,000 rows and 89 columns and transformed the data into two 50 MB […]

Link Notes to a SQL Server Table in Excel Using Power Query

While working at Microsoft I had access to the SQL data from many of the applications used by the Azure Capacity Planning and Supply Chain teams. One of my functions was to track the changes and movement made to capacity (server racks) across time. To accomplish this, I used Power Query in Excel to link […]

Connect Power BI to Excel File-Series 3 of 4

Import Excel Data

Power BI can connect to many data sources including Excel.  In the previous parts of this 4 part series, we setup the automation to populate an Excel master data file in SharePoint.  Next part is to connect the Power BI service to the master Excel file. The Power BI Service is the online portion of […]

Manage Power BI Data Refresh-Series 4 of 4

Turn On OneDrive Refresh In Power BI

Now that the Excel file is connected to the Power BI Service, it should be automatically be setup to refresh the report data every hour but to confirm or make changes review the steps below: Step 1: Select “Data hub” on the left side bar and then settings on the 3 ellipses next to the […]