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jeongkim
Post Prodigy
Post Prodigy

Create Custom.Column to open rar file in query

Hi,

 

Can we make Table under Custome column to expand its excel data inside of .rar?

I wanna get excel sheet in them. 

 

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Anonymous
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Hi, @jeongkim 

Please refer to the article on the forum blog below to learn how to read compressed files in Power query

Working With Zip Files in Power Query - Microsoft Fabric Community

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Best Regards

Jianpeng Li

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

 

freginier
Super User
Super User

Hey there!

 

Unfortunately, Power Query does not support extracting .RAR files directly. Excel.Workbook() only works with Excel files, but .RAR is a compressed format that Power Query cannot natively decompress.

 

Sorry this doesn't help 

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