Import CSV In Power BI

Import CSV file

Click on Get Data à More à File option and select Text/CSV. Navigate to the CSV file which needs to be imported

FL_insurance_sample.csv . Select the file and click on Open.

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In the CSV window on top we have 3 dropdowns, preview of data and data load options.

Select Load and it will load to power query editor window.

In the Power query editor the CSV file is loaded as a Queries. In power query editor we can edit, clean and transform the file as required.

3 Dropdowns and Data Load

File Origin – Type of file origin. By default its 1252 Wester European (Windows). It’s the file type as per OS and region and country.

Delimiter – Delimiter for column separation. By default it detects the delimiter from data , If the delimiter is not from the default options then we can select custom delimiter.

Data Type Detection – By default it detects data types of columns based on top 200 rows, we can select entire data or do not detect data type

Data Load Options

Load - It will directly load the data to power query

Transform – It will allow to transform the data before loading it to power query

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