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Import Excel Workbook - Error
Hello All,
Trying to import a workbook from a common pathway but there is an unidentified error.
Any quick suggestions on why does it fail?
Thanks
Sai
Hi Sairam_11 ,
It seems that Power Bi desktop doesn't support to fetch data from password protected Excel file. Here is an idea you could click to vote it up.
As a workaround, you could remove passsword and instead, move the files to a secure folder that limited people have access to.
Reference: power query accessing password protected workbookSolved: Using an Excel Workbook protected by Information R... - Microsoft Power BI Community
Power BI Issue Fix: Import from Excel Workbook Contents; Password Protection Failure - RADACAD
Best Regards,
Liu Yang
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
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Hi Sairam_11 ,
It seems that Power Bi desktop doesn't support to fetch data from password protected Excel file. Here is an idea you could click to vote it up.
As a workaround, you could remove passsword and instead, move the files to a secure folder that limited people have access to.
Reference: power query accessing password protected workbookSolved: Using an Excel Workbook protected by Information R... - Microsoft Power BI Community
Power BI Issue Fix: Import from Excel Workbook Contents; Password Protection Failure - RADACAD
Best Regards,
Liu Yang
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Hello All,
The issue was with encrpting the excel file with a password
Can't we import an encrypted file in Power BI?
