Getting value of named range from multiple workbooks

DaveyD

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I used the following code in a custom column to get the workbook info:
Code:
Excel.Workbook([Content])
Then I used the double arrow button to expand the workbook dataI am using Power Query to import data from multiple workbooks
I have no problem getting data from tables in the workbook (by just clicking on the expand column button)
However, I am not able to get the values of named ranges.
This is what my query looks like at this point: screenshot
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These are all Defined Name ranges (all being one cell) and I need to get the value of them
The column "TableName" is the name of the defined range, and the "Data" column has the value
This is what is displayed when I click on one of the rows in the Data column: screenshot
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How can I accomplish this?
(afterwards I will want to pivot that column with those range names as column headers )

P.S. These are the steps I took to get to that point:
  • I imported multiple workbooks using the import from "Folder" option
  • I used the following code in a custom column to get the workbook info:
    Code:
    Excel.Workbook([Content])
  • Then I used the double arrow button to expand the workbook data
  • Then I expanded the newly created column to extract all the excel data
  • Then filtered the columns to get just the named ranges that I wanted.
 

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I figured this out.
Power Query was considering the named range as a table without any rows, which in turn means that the values were considered the column names.
Therefore, I was able to use either of the following to get the values:
Code:
Table.ColumnNames([Data]){0}
Table.DemoteHeaders([Data])[Column1]{0}
 
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