I am stuck at the error handling routine. I have this function..
(LicenceNumber) =>
let
Source =
Web.Page(Web.Contents("http://mbsweblist.fsco.gov.on.ca/ShowLicence.aspx?M"
& Number.ToText(LicenceNumber) & "~")),
WebData = Source{1}[Data],
#"Extracted Text Before Delimiter" = Table.TransformColumns(WebData,
{{"Column1", each Text.BeforeDelimiter(_, ":"), type text}}),
#"Removed Top Rows" = Table.Skip(#"Extracted Text Before Delimiter",1),
#"Transposed Table" = Table.Transpose(#"Removed Top Rows"),
#"Promoted Headers" = Table.PromoteHeaders(#"Transposed Table",
[PromoteAllScalars=true])
in
#"Promoted Headers"
Which returns data to table
let
Source = {13000246..13000250},
#"Convert to Table" = Table.FromList(Source,Splitter.SplitByNothing(),{"Licence Number"}),
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Convert to Table",{{"Licence Number", Int64.Type}}),
#"Get WebData" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "WebData", each try WebData([Licence Number]) otherwise #table({},{})),
#"Combine WebData" = Table.Combine(#"Get WebData"[WebData]),
#"Changed Types" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Combine WebData",{{"Agent/Broker Name", type text}, {"Licence #", type text}, {"Brokerage Name", type text}, {"Licence Class", type text}, {"Status", type text}, {"Issue Date", type date}, {"Expiry Date", type date}, {"Inactive Date", type date}})
in
#"Changed Types"
I am trying to error handle a situation where I pass an invalid value in source, lets say source = {13009995..13009999}, this is throwing error - "col X of table was not found". I tried to use the following error handling logic but it is not working ..
Empty = #table({{"Agent/Broker Name", type text}, {"Licence #", type text},
{"Brokerage Name", type text}, {"Licence Class", type text}, {"Status", type
text}, {"Issue Date", type date}, {"Expiry Date", type date}, {"Inactive
Date", type date}},{}),
Combine = Table.Combine({#"Get WebData"[WebData], Empty}),
I am primarily a business analyst and unable to fix this error. Requesting help. User Olly had helped me with my primary query
I would suggest creating an empty table as a separate query called EmptyTable
that matches the columns when you do get data back. Here's the M code for that:
let
Empty =
#table(
{
"Agent/Broker Name",
"Licence #",
"Brokerage Name",
"Licence Class",
"Status",
"Issue Date",
"Expiry Date",
"Inactive Date"
},
{}
)
in
Empty
Now in your #"Get WebData"
step, simply swap out #table({},{})
for EmptyTable
.
#"Get WebData" =
Table.AddColumn(
#"Changed Type",
"WebData",
each
try WebData([Licence Number])
otherwise EmptyTable
),
Note: Your query looks to work fine when there is at least one valid license number.