accessing-data-functions.md

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Accessing data functions

These functions access data and return table values. Most of these functions return a table value called a navigation table. Navigation tables are primarily used by the Power Query user interface to provide a navigation experience over the potentially large hierarchical data sets returned.

Name	Description
AccessControlEntry.ConditionToIdentities	Returns a list of identities that the condition will accept.
Access.Database	Returns a structural representation of a Microsoft Access database.
ActiveDirectory.Domains	Returns a list of Active Directory domains in the same forest as the specified domain or of the current machine's domain if none is specified.
AdobeAnalytics.Cubes	Returns the report suites in Adobe Analytics.
AdoDotNet.DataSource	Returns the schema collection for an ADO.NET data source.
AdoDotNet.Query	Returns the result of running a native query on an ADO.NET data source.
AnalysisServices.Database	Returns a table of multidimensional cubes or tabular models from the Analysis Services database.
AnalysisServices.Databases	Returns the Analysis Services databases on a particular host.
AzureStorage.BlobContents	Returns the content of the specified blob from an Azure storage vault.
AzureStorage.Blobs	Returns a navigational table containing the containers found in the specified account from an Azure storage vault. Each row has the container name and a link to the container blobs.
AzureStorage.DataLake	Returns a navigational table containing the documents found in the specified container and its subfolders from Azure Data Lake Storage.
AzureStorage.DataLakeContents	Returns the content of the specified file from an Azure Data Lake Storage filesystem.
AzureStorage.Tables	Returns a navigational table containing the tables found in the specified account from an Azure storage vault. Each row contains a link to the azure table.
Cdm.Contents	This function is unavailable because it requires .NET 4.5.
Csv.Document	Returns the contents of the CSV document as a table using the specified encoding.
Cube.AddAndExpandDimensionColumn	Merges the specified dimension table into the cube’s filter context and changes the dimensional granularity of the filter context by expanding the specified set of dimension attributes.
Cube.AddMeasureColumn	AAdds a column to the cube that contains the results of the measure applied in the row context of each row.
Cube.ApplyParameter	Returns a cube after applying a parameter to it.
Cube.AttributeMemberId	Returns the unique member identifier from members property value.
Cube.AttributeMemberProperty	Returns a property of a dimension attribute.
Cube.CollapseAndRemoveColumns	Changes the dimensional granularity of the filter context for the cube by collapsing the attributes mapped to the specified columns.
Cube.Dimensions	Returns a table containing the set of available dimensions.
Cube.DisplayFolders	Returns a nested tree of tables representing the display folder hierarchy of the objects (for example, dimensions and measures).
Cube.MeasureProperties	Returns a table containing the set of available measure properties that are expanded in the cube.
Cube.MeasureProperty	Returns a property of a measure (cell property).
Cube.Measures	Returns a table containing the set of available measures.
Cube.Parameters	Returns a table containing the set of parameters that can be applied to the cube.
Cube.Properties	Returns a table containing the set of available properties for dimensions that are expanded in the cube.
Cube.PropertyKey	Returns the key of a property.
Cube.ReplaceDimensions	Replaces the set of dimensions returned by Cube.Dimensions.
Cube.Transform	Applies a list of cube functions.
DB2.Database	Returns a table of SQL tables and views available in a Db2 database.
DeltaLake.Metadata	Given a Delta Lake table, returns the log entries for that table.
DeltaLake.Table	Returns the contents of the Delta Lake table.
Essbase.Cubes	Returns the cubes in an Essbase instance grouped by Essbase server.
Excel.CurrentWorkbook	Returns the contents of the current Excel workbook.
Excel.Workbook	Returns the contents of the Excel workbook.
Exchange.Contents	Returns a table of contents from a Microsoft Exchange account.
FabricAI.Prompt	Returns the result of passing the specified input to an AI model.
File.Contents	Returns the contents of the specified file as binary.
Folder.Contents	Returns a table containing the properties and contents of the files and folders found in the specified folder.
Folder.Files	Returns a table containing the properties and contents of the files found in the specified folder and subfolders. Each row contains properties of the folder or file and a link to its content.
GoogleAnalytics.Accounts	Returns the Google Analytics accounts for the current credential.
Hdfs.Contents	Returns a table containing the properties and contents of the files and folders found in the specified folder from a Hadoop file system. Each row contains properties of the folder or file and a link to its content.
Hdfs.Files	Returns a table containing the properties and contents of the files found in the specified folder and subfolders from a Hadoop file system. Each row contains properties of the file and a link to its content.
HdInsight.Containers	Returns a navigational table containing the containers found in the specified account from an Azure storage vault. Each row has the container name and table containing its files.
HdInsight.Contents	Returns a navigational table containing the containers found in the specified account from an Azure storage vault. Each row has the container name and table containing its files.
HdInsight.Files	Returns a table containing the properties and contents of the blobs found in the specified container from an Azure storage vault. Each row contains properties of the file/folder and a link to its content.
Html.Table	Returns a table containing the results of running the specified CSS selectors against the provided HTML.
Identity.From	Creates an identity.
Identity.IsMemberOf	Determines whether an identity is a member of an identity collection.
IdentityProvider.Default	The default identity provider for the current host.
Informix.Database	Returns a table of SQL tables and views available in an Informix database.
Json.Document	Returns the content of the JSON document. The contents can be directly passed to the function as text, or it can be the binary value returned by a function like File.Contents.
Json.FromValue	Produces a JSON representation of a given value value with a text encoding specified by encoding.
MySQL.Database	Returns a table of SQL tables, views, and stored scalar functions available in a MySQL database.
OData.Feed	Returns a table of OData feeds offered by an OData service.
Odbc.DataSource	Returns a table of SQL tables and views from the ODBC data source.
Odbc.InferOptions	Returns the result of trying to infer SQL capabilities for an ODBC driver.
Odbc.Query	Returns the result of running a native query on an ODBC data source.
OleDb.DataSource	Returns a table of SQL tables and views from the OLE DB data source.
OleDb.Query	Returns the result of running a native query on an OLE DB data source.
Oracle.Database	Returns a table of SQL tables and views from the Oracle database.
Pdf.Tables	Returns any tables found in a PDF file.
PostgreSQL.Database	Returns a table of SQL tables and views available in a PostgreSQL database.
RData.FromBinary	Returns a record of data frames from the RData file.
Salesforce.Data	Returns the objects from the Salesforce account.
Salesforce.Reports	Returns the reports from the Salesforce account.
SapBusinessWarehouse.Cubes	Returns the InfoCubes and queries in an SAP Business Warehouse system grouped by InfoArea.
SapHana.Database	Returns the packages in an SAP HANA database.
SharePoint.Contents	Returns a table containing content from a SharePoint site. Each row contains properties of the folder or file and a link to its content.
SharePoint.Files	Returns a table containing documents from a SharePoint site. Each row contains properties of the folder or file and a link to its content.
SharePoint.Tables	Returns a table containing content from a SharePoint List.
Soda.Feed	Returns a table from the contents at the specified URL formatted according to the SODA 2.0 API. The URL must point to a valid SODA-compliant source that ends in a .csv extension.
Sql.Database	Returns a table of SQL tables, views, and stored functions from the SQL Server database.
Sql.Databases	Returns a table of databases on a SQL Server.
Sybase.Database	Returns a table of SQL tables and views available in a Sybase database.
Teradata.Database	Returns a table of SQL tables and views from the Teradata database.
WebAction.Request	Creates an action that, when executed, will return the results of performing a method request against url using HTTP as a binary value.
Web.BrowserContents	Returns the HTML for the specified URL, as viewed by a web browser.
Web.Contents	Returns the contents downloaded from the URL as binary.
Web.Headers	Returns the HTTP headers downloaded from the URL as a record value.
Web.Page	Returns the contents of the HTML document broken into its constituent structures, as well as a representation of the full document and its text after removing tags.
Xml.Document	Returns the contents of the XML document as a hierarchical table (list of records).
Xml.Tables	Returns the contents of an XML document as a nested collection of flattened tables.