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Import data from excel without keeping connection to the source
Hi, So this question has been asked before (for example see https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Import-an-Excel-and-keep-data-within-PIBX/m-p/944892#M452826). However the solution for pr...
Can't you host the file in OneDrive as per my second suggestion?
If it's in the OneDrive cloud, you don't need a Gateway. Just set it up as is shown in the video
You can copy and paste the data into a table, but there is a limit to the number of rows you can copy (which I can't recall now)
If the local file is an issue, you can setup the connection to the file hosted in OneDrive (has to be the professional version). The file will be automagically "updated" approx. once and hour, so you can more or less forget about it...
Here is how you set it up (video from the gurus at Guy in a Cube)
Thank you for your reply.
Unforturnatley the limit is 3000 cells for copy and paste so this doesn't really help me.