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Formula firewall error - possible bug
We are getting the error message "Formula.Firewall: Query '[Query Name]' (step '[Step Name]') references other queries or steps, so it may not directly access a data source. Please rebuild this data ...
Without seeing your query, I'm assuming that the error "Query '[Query Name]' (step '[Step Name]') references other queries or steps, so it may not directly access a data source" means you are referencing an internal query and an external data source in the one query?
My reading of the posts I referenced is that the "Formula Firewall" isolates by default ALL external sources as a design, not a bug, even if not as flexible or intuitive as it could be.
Anonymous,
We are just referencing those Excel files within the queries. There are no other data sources.
What is the definition of "external sources" in this context? If the Formula Firewall blocked all external sources, would that not make the related privacy settings meaningless?