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andywil456
Advocate II
10 years ago
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Import Data from an Excel sheet in SharePoint

I'm trying to get data from an Excel spreadsheet stored on SharePoint.   I have tried doing this by the URL path but it cannot find at file level. The only way that seems to work, is  to download th...
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    10 years ago

    Hi andywil456,

    You can import data from Excel stored in SharePoint to Power BI Desktop by using “Get Data>Web” option as follows.




    Based on my test, it works as expected when I enter the URL of Excel file via the option, data is imported successfully to Power BI Desktop.


    Thanks,
    Lydia Zhang

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kaka
Helper II
9 years ago

Hi Anonymous, 

 

May I know where exactly did you get the URL from?  I have created a web page which contains an excel file and I am using the Web data source just like the way you are dping but I don't know which URL to put and where to get it from. 

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luvallar
Advocate I
9 years ago

Go on your sharepoint
Open the excel file with excel (desktop, not online)
It'll show a pop up with the path (but you won't be able to copy and paste)
So, once Excel is opened:
Click on File
INFO
(bottom right corner) right click on OpenFileLocation
Copy link
then paste it in powerbi AND

add "/nameOftheFile.xlsx"

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    6 years ago

    This actually works really well!

     

    Thank you so much.. 🙂