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markive
10 years agoAdvocate II
Formula.Firewall: Query references other queries, so it may not directly access a data source.
I am getting the following error: Formula.Firewall: Query 'Query1' (step 'Added Custom') references other queries or steps, so it may not directly access a data source. Please rebuild this dat...
- 10 years ago
Ken Puls blogged about this here
http://www.excelguru.ca/blog/2015/03/11/power-query-errors-please-rebuild-this-data-combination/
Anonymous
7 years agoNot applicable
In case it helps others I ran into this issue after adding a non-supported/unofficial custom connector into PBI desktop and then trying to run queries against SharePoint files.
Removing the custom connector from the local Documents > Power BI Destop > Custom Connectors folder got rid of the issue for me. (Note I didn't have any quries using the custom connector, just the fact it was there seemed to trigger the firewall thing).