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Abduvali
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6 years ago

DBF: DataSource.Error: OLE DB: External table is not in the expected format.

Hi All,

 

I hope someone will be able to help!

 

I loading DBF files into Power BI desktop using the following connection string in Advance Editor:

"let
Source = OleDb.DataSource("Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source=C:\Data\fallBack\company1;extended          properties=dBASE IV", [Query="select * from [CUSTS.DBF]"])
in
Source"

I have namaged to load 4 DBF files without any issues but the rest 3 files are giving me the follwoing error:

 

All files are located in the same folder, same type, access wise everything is identical but for some reason they won't load =o?

 

If anyone came across the same issue in the past please drop a line.

 

Thank you,

 

Abduvali

 

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