


Before doing 1, in the query pane copy all the building-block queries from the original workbook to the new workbook.This problem could occur if the connection was copied from another workbook or the workbook was created in a newer version of Excel." This is not actually what I want (separate workbooks) my web search revealed many claims that I could copy to a new workbook and the query would be independent. This just results in a "The connection could not be refreshed. Currently both worksheets display the data from the original fruits query and any change in the original is reflected in both worksheets. I want to copy the "Template" worksheet within the same workbook such that the new worksheet contains a completely independent copy of the query so on the "Template" worksheet I can have "apples" data and on the new worksheet I can have "bananas" data. The "Template" worksheet has lots of worksheet formulas that refer to the data in the "fruits" query. "bananas" and the data will update accordingly. When I edit the "fruits" query, in the powerquery formula bar I can change a parameter with a value of "apples" to a different fruit e.g.

The custom query function itself refers to a query parameter to get a URL. The "fruits" query was created by invoking a custom query function. The "Template" worksheet has a powerquery query called "fruits".

I have an excel workbook with a worksheet called "Template".
