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th1054
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10 years ago
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DataSource.Error: An IO error occurred

Hi all,   Getting an error when retrieving data from a network folder, which I am having trouble with:   DataSource.Error: An IO error occurred while trying to access the file 'J:\XFunc\BICC\BIRe...
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    v-sihou-msft
    10 years ago

    th1054

     

    The files under $RECYCLE.BIN path can't be used as data source for Power BI. They must be restored to be available. And only Excel file(.xls/xlsx), Power BI file(.pbix) and Comma Separated Value (.csv) file can be used as data source. See: Get data from files

     

    Regards,

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v-sihou-msft
Microsoft Employee
10 years ago

th1054

 

The files under $RECYCLE.BIN path can't be used as data source for Power BI. They must be restored to be available. And only Excel file(.xls/xlsx), Power BI file(.pbix) and Comma Separated Value (.csv) file can be used as data source. See: Get data from files

 

Regards,