Power BI to Convert HTML to Plain Text

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Hello All,

I'm using Power BI Desktop and inside Power Query I have the following HTML code (see very bottom) that I'm trying to convert to plain text. I added a custom column and used the following formula to covert the HTML to text but nothing shows inside the table after the custom column has been added.

=Html.Table([HtmlBody],{{"Text",":root"}})

Is the below code a real HTML code? Does it make sense? I thought I should see the field names/contents like "Location", "Department" (similar to how it shows in my Outlook email) somewhere inside the code but it doesn't appear so. I'm not sure what the source for "table.gridTable" is below either.

Please advise.


HTML: 
<!DOCTYPE html><html><head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><style type="text/css">
        table.gridTable {
          font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
            font-size:13px;
            border: 2px solid black;
            border-collapse: collapse;
        }
        table.gridTable td, th {
            border: 2px solid black;
            padding: 8px;  
        }

        tr.noBorder td{ border-top: 0px; border-bottom:0px; padding: 8px;}
        td.label { font-weight:bold; width:160px;}
        td.label2{ font-weight:bold; w
 
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I was able to display the plain text of the above code in Power BI desktop. The code is just a part of the email but not the table that I want to extract within the body of the email.

I'm basically trying to have Power Query read an Outlook email and extract the fields which appear to be in HTML format because my default Outlook settings is HTML and I can see a table outline when I highlight the fields I'm interested in, whereas Plain text does not do that. I even changed the Email Security settings of Outlook to "read all standard mail in plain text" but Power Query still does not read the fields I want (it does not display it all).

I'm guessing the fields I want to extract is a HTML in a nested table, a table within a table which is why Power Query cannot read this type of format and does not display those fields.

Any ideas or tips? Please advise
 
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Furthermore, if I inspect the HTML code of Outlook web version (office.com) I can see the table elements in the code which I need to extract. However in the Outlook desktop version Power Query cannot read it. Is there a reason? Perhaps if I connect to the web I can extract those fields?

Is there a way to connect Power Query to the Outlook web version?
 
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I was able to find found out how to view the full HTML code of an email from Outlook desktop. The fields that I need to extract but Power Query (with the red RGB tags which I put next to such as Location, Ship to, Ordered By fields etc) is not reading the email body, only part of the code that I showed in Post #1

HTML: 
<!DOCTYPE html><html><head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><style type="text/css">
        table.gridTable {
          font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
            font-size:13px;
            border: 2px solid black;
            border-collapse: collapse;
        }
        table.gridTable td, th {
            border: 2px solid black;
            padding: 8px;    
        }

        tr.noBorder td{ border-top: 0px; border-bottom:0px; padding: 8px;}
        td.label { font-weight:bold; width:160px;}
        td.label2{ font-weight:bold; width:250px;}
        .infoTable{border-style:none;border-collapse: collapse;}
        .infoTable td{border-style:none;padding:1px 0px;}
        .notificationUrlLink{
            font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
            font-size:27px;
            text-decoration:underline;
            color: #3089C5;
            font-weight: bold;
        }
        .notificationUrlLinkDiv{
            margin-top: 15px;margin-bottom: 15px;
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
<div style="margin-left:35px;margin-right:35px;">
<div style="width: 70%;margin:auto;font-style: italic; color:#717173">To ensure delivery of McDonalds emails to your inbox, please add
<a href="mailto:noreply@mcdonalds.com">noreply@mcdonalds.com</a> to your Email Address Book or Safe Senders List.<br>
If you no longer wish to receive email notification when you place an order through mcdonalds.com, simply go to your profile settings and unselect the &quot;Notify me when any order status changes&quot; option.'
</div>
<div style="margin-top: 35px;margin-bottom: 35px;"><img src="http://www1.mcdonalds.com/order/images/logos/logo_login_usf.jpg">
</div>
<!-- Link in email -->
<div class="notificationUrlLinkDiv"><a class="notificationUrlLink" href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww3.usfoods.com%2Forder%2Ffaces%2Fpub%2Fsec%2FecPortal.jspx%3FORDER_ID%3DK67447TK869A5020W88Y&amp;data=05%7C01%7C%7Cbd9f125005eb49d1350b08da96bcc373%7Ce95f1b23abaf45ee821db7ab251ab3bf%7C0%7C0%7C637988034729095203%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=xbr0yaJZudmEBK3THEH22s99Qf%2Fx8r2kqb%2FdgncU7D4%3D&amp;reserved=0" originalsrc="https://www3.mcdonalds.com/order/faces/pub/sec/ecPortal.jspx?ORDER_ID=K67447TK869A5020W88Y" shash="mDlqO4KzDTDtZzJpHfvp3gX+sm3I/sXyR1MxqeJzFYbhIBaMfOBpKlyTmFj6NWsiUL5nG6gVQYLd1P1jHItxhMJltghrR5y/Jvs/hgIQBpac4Fmb/XMK6DYr3QGV6SjBeKDz1ptPp3Ibbp3OV7cTdejA0MAg7VkBu17nlU4CAiM=">View My Order</a>
</div>
<div style="color: #CE4620;font-size: 24px;font-weight: bold;font-style: italic;margin-bottom: 20px;">
Order Submitted</div>
<div id="emailBody">
<p>Thank you for your recent order placed with mcdonalds.com. This email notice was sent to you based on your preferences settings with mcdonalds.com whenever an order is placed for this customer:
</p>
<table class="infoTable">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="label"><b>Details of your order:</b></td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>[COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]Location:[/COLOR]</td>
<td>MCDC #301Los Angeles (33495720)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Department:</td>
<td>DIETARY&nbsp;(10)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>[COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]Ship&nbsp;To[/COLOR]:</td>
<td>2100 Sunset Blvd<br>
(120-PAD)<br>
Los Angeles, CA 9020100000 </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>[COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]Ordered&nbsp;By:[/COLOR]</td>
<td>Joe Smith</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Special&nbsp;Instructions:</td>
<td>NA CUSTOMER. DRIVER PLEASE CALL 30 MIN BEFORE DELIVERY TO MINIMIZE DELAY.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>[COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]Delivery&nbsp;Date:[/COLOR]</td>
<td>04/1/2020</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>[COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]Order&nbsp;Number:[/COLOR]</td>
<td>375500</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Customer&nbsp;PO#:</td>
<td>C20010-91422</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Order&nbsp;Guide:</td>
<td>374976</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Order&nbsp;Status:</td>
<td>Submitted</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Requested&nbsp;Delivery&nbsp;Date:</td>
<td>09/16/2022</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<br>
 
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