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Anonymous
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7 years ago
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Data Source Error, Cannot open query editor

Hi All,   I have been trying to open the query editor but unsucessful and I have the excel worksheet attached to the PowerBI workbook but do not have the excel file locally. There is a need to try ...
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  • TeigeGao's avatar
    TeigeGao
    7 years ago

    HI Anonymous ,

    Actually, in your scneario, if you don't have the original data source, you will have no access to use the PowerQuery.

    Best Regards,

    Teige

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RobbeVL
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7 years ago

I dont think that will be the problem.

What error do you get? Normally you're always able to open PowerQuery even when you dont have that file. You just wont be able to refresh it.