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HadiRajani's avatar
HadiRajani
Frequent Visitor
9 years ago

using excel data as direct query

Is there any possibility to use excel data as direct query in power bi ?  
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  • HadiRajani's avatar
    HadiRajani
    Frequent Visitor
    8 years ago

    Thanks for your response

    • MarcelBeug's avatar
      MarcelBeug
      Community Champion
      8 years ago

      v-ljerr-msft to my understanding, Direct Query requires some DataBase Management System at the data source.

       

      So how do you think Excel would accommodate this? Otherwise you wouldn't suggest to raise an idea, or would you?

       

      Or am I missing something?

      • v-ljerr-msft's avatar
        v-ljerr-msft
        Microsoft Employee
        8 years ago

        Hi MarcelBeug,

         

        Thanks for pointing me out! I think you're definitely right. Learnt a lot. :smileyhappy:

         

        Regards