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Anonymous
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Import excel 97-2003 sheet

Hi,

 

I would like to know how can I import excel 97-2003 sheet in Power BI Desktop without modify the "xls" in "xlsx" ?

 

Sincerely 

 

Luca BOROME

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themistoklis
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@Anonymous

 

Your issue is described on this link

 

You have to download Microsoft Access Database Engine 2010 Redistributable from the link below

 

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=13255

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themistoklis
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@Anonymous

 

Your issue is described on this link

 

You have to download Microsoft Access Database Engine 2010 Redistributable from the link below

 

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=13255

can you modify the extension from power query and have it read it?

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