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It sounds like you’re encountering an issue with special characters in file names when using Power BI Power Query. This isn’t exactly a bug, but rather a known limitation. Special characters like # can cause errors because they are often used in URLs and can interfere with file path parsing12.
To avoid this issue, you can try the following solutions:
- Rename the File: Remove or replace the # character in the file name.
- Use Encoding: Ensure the file path is correctly encoded in your query.
- Escape the Character: In some cases, you might need to escape the special character in your query.
If renaming the file isn’t feasible, you might need to adjust your Power Query steps to handle the special character properly. For example, you can use double quotes around the file name or specific encoding settings12.
Would you like more detailed steps on how to implement these solutions?
please follow below links .. may is solve your issue:
(1) Solved: Special Character in Column Name - Microsoft Fabric Community
Solved: Combine File - Special Character Filename Errors - Microsoft Fabric Community
Solved: Importing special characters in a csv file into Po... - Microsoft Fabric Community
Solved: I see the special characters in the column values... - Microsoft Fabric Community
Solved: Power Query - Replace multiple substrings in one c... - Microsoft Fabric Community
I found it has error if I put special character in file name when get data.
without '#' > no error
with '#' > error
Is this bug?
It sounds like you’re encountering an issue with special characters in file names when using Power BI Power Query. This isn’t exactly a bug, but rather a known limitation. Special characters like # can cause errors because they are often used in URLs and can interfere with file path parsing12.
To avoid this issue, you can try the following solutions:
- Rename the File: Remove or replace the # character in the file name.
- Use Encoding: Ensure the file path is correctly encoded in your query.
- Escape the Character: In some cases, you might need to escape the special character in your query.
If renaming the file isn’t feasible, you might need to adjust your Power Query steps to handle the special character properly. For example, you can use double quotes around the file name or specific encoding settings12.
Would you like more detailed steps on how to implement these solutions?
please follow below links .. may is solve your issue:
(1) Solved: Special Character in Column Name - Microsoft Fabric Community
Solved: Combine File - Special Character Filename Errors - Microsoft Fabric Community
Solved: Importing special characters in a csv file into Po... - Microsoft Fabric Community
Solved: I see the special characters in the column values... - Microsoft Fabric Community
Solved: Power Query - Replace multiple substrings in one c... - Microsoft Fabric Community