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Pratima
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.dat file

‎05-31-2017 09:35 AM

Hi all,

 

How to deal with .dat file in Power BI ...

 

 

Thanks,

Pratima

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v-yulgu-msft
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‎06-01-2017 07:28 PM

Hi @Pratima,

 

In Power BI desktop, The File category provides the following data connections:

  • Excel
  • Text/CSV
  • XML
  • JSON
  • Folder
  • SharePoint Folder

 

It doesn't support .dat file. As I know, DAT can be a text-based, video-based, an attachment, or some other kind of files. If your .dat file is text-based, I would suggest you convert it to text file, then, connect to this text file in Power BI desktop. But the data imported to Power BI might be unreadable.

 

Regards,
Yuliana Gu

Community Support Team _ Yuliana Gu
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Pratima
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In response to v-yulgu-msft

‎06-02-2017 01:01 AM

Thanks dear for u r valuable comment ...i too did same ,but didnt get......

 

 

Thanks,

Pratima

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