QuestionsCategory: PL-300You have a Microsoft SharePoint Online site that contains several document libraries. One of the document libraries contains manufacturing reports saved as Microsoft Excel files. All the manufacturing reports have the same data structure. You need to use Power BI Desktop to load only the manufacturing reports to a table for analysis. What should you do?
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You have a Microsoft SharePoint Online site that contains several document libraries.
One of the document libraries contains manufacturing reports saved as Microsoft Excel files. All the manufacturing reports have the same data structure.
You need to use Power BI Desktop to load only the manufacturing reports to a table for analysis.
What should you do?

A. Get data from a SharePoint folder and enter the site URL Select Transform, then filter by the folder path to the manufacturing reports library.

B. Get data from a SharePoint list and enter the site URL. Select Combine & Transform, then filter by the folder path to the manufacturing reports library.

C. Get data from a SharePoint folder, enter the site URL, and then select Combine & Load.

D. Get data from a SharePoint list, enter the site URL, and then select Combine & Load.








 

Suggested Answer: A

Get Data from SharePoint folder + select Combine & Load to load the data from all of the files in the SharePoint folder directly into your app.
Note: Connect to a SharePoint folder from Power Query Desktop
To connect to a SharePoint folder:
1. From Get Data, select SharePoint folder.
2. Paste the SharePoint site URL you copied in Determine the site URL to the Site URL text box in the SharePoint folder dialog box. In this example, the site URL is https://contoso.sharepoint.com/marketing/data. If the site URL you enter is invalid, a warning icon. warning icon will appear next to the URL text box.
SharePoint folder selection.
3. Select OK to continue.
4. If this is the first time you've visited this site address, select the appropriate authentication method. Enter your credentials and choose which level to apply these settings to. Then select Connect.
5. When you select the SharePoint folder you want to use, the file information about all of the files in that SharePoint folder are displayed. In addition, file information about any files in any subfolders is also displayed.
6. Select Combine & Transform Data to combine the data in the files of the selected SharePoint folder and load the data into the Power Query Editor for editing. Or select Combine & Load to load the data from all of the files in the SharePoint folder directly into your app.
Reference:https://contoso.sharepoint.com/marketing/data.
 If the site URL you enter is invalid, a warning icon. warning icon will appear next to the URL text box.
SharePoint folder selection.
3. Select OK to continue.
4. If this is the first time you've visited this site address, select the appropriate authentication method. Enter your credentials and choose which level to apply these settings to. Then select Connect.
5. When you select the SharePoint folder you want to use, the file information about all of the files in that SharePoint folder are displayed. In addition, file information about any files in any subfolders is also displayed.
6. Select Combine & Transform Data to combine the data in the files of the selected SharePoint folder and load the data into the Power Query Editor for editing. Or select Combine & Load to load the data from all of the files in the SharePoint folder directly into your app.
Reference:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-query/connectors/sharepointfolder

This question is in PL-300 Exam
For getting Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Associate Certificate

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