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Syndicate_Admin
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DataFormat.error

‎04-24-2023 11:09 AM

I'm in my first steps of power BI and I uploaded two files (.xlsx) to my folder and then update my Power BI as usual but I get an OLE DB or ODBC error message: [DataFormat.error] The external table is not formatted as expected. I removed Those files and I have updated again to see if it is the new files that caused the error but I get the same error, I have also checked the connections and they are correct. What could it be? please your support

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parry2k
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‎04-24-2023 12:39 PM

@Syndicate_Admin you have to check the change type step when you are reading the excel file, maybe in that step, a column is getting converted to a data type that is not correct. Remove this step and see if it works and go from there.

 

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