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clarawang_12
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Hit OLE DB or ODBC error error when refresh data source

Dear all,

 

My data source is from a sharepoint folder, when I click refresh button, below error popped out.

I've checked sharepoint folder, it is all excel files, no other formats included. Can you pls advice which part go wrong?

OLE DB or ODBC error: Exception from HRESULT: 0x80040E4E. An unexpected exception occurred.

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Kind regards,
Clara

 

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Idrissshatila
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Hello @clarawang_12 ,

 

Try going to Power Query (Transform Data), and try refreshing every table to see from where the error is coming and it will show you from which step is getting the error and what it is.

 

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Idrissshatila
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Hello @clarawang_12 ,

 

Try going to Power Query (Transform Data), and try refreshing every table to see from where the error is coming and it will show you from which step is getting the error and what it is.

 

If I answered your question, please mark my post as solution so it would appeare to others, Appreciate your Kudos 👍

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