SAP Export that always change the columns orders and lead to query breaks

Question

So I have a Query that its source is an SAP exported excel file, problem is that people always export that report using their layouts so exported tables had different column orders and sometimes miss some columns from one person to another so I can't make a unified query source that everyone can work on.

the query act based on only 4 columns from that exported SAP excel and am sure everyone is exporting those columns, However, how can I avoid query breaks and how can I let these people just copy and paste the exported SAP table with wtv. headers order they want without causing any breaks to my query.

Answer 1

Set up a query based on a pasted range. From then on, people can just paste over it

Delete the defaultChanged Typestep that powerquery like to make which looks like

= Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Column1Name", Int64.Type}, {"Column1Name", Int64.Type}, {"c", Int64...

Remove all other columns but your desired four by click selecting them then right-clicking and using remove other columns. That generates:

= Table.SelectColumns(Source,{"Column1Name", "Column2Name", "Column3Name", "Column4Name"}) 

go from there

sample full code

let Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table1"]}[Content],
#"Removed Other Columns" = Table.SelectColumns(Source,{"Column1Name", "Column2Name", "Column3Name", "Column4Name"})
in #"Removed Other Columns"