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mpsAutomation
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DataSource error

Hi, I have a sharepoint url that contains a # (..\#210570 Electrotech - New Barrel Cellar\Quote..), when I try to add my source # is changed to %23 (..\%23210570 Electrotech - New Barrel Cellar\..), but I get a data source error, anyone has encounterd this error before?

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v-jingzhang
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Hi @mpsAutomation 

 

Some characters are not allowed in the URL string. You need to convert them into corresponding Percent encodings. So space should be %20, # should be %23, $ should be %24, etc. Please check if there is any character being not changed correctly. 

Percent-encoding - Wikipedia

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In addition, are you trying to connect to a file stored in SharePoint?

 

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Jing
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Hi @v-jingzhang ,  The file is on sharepoint and I have replaced # and spaces, I have succesfully used other files from sharepoint but for some reason I can't link the ones that have %23 and get the error as per the screenshot 

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