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Hello everyone, Im new in Fabric and I want to do some projects to known how it works. My firts try was with an excel file, but i have an error, the extension of the file is .xls, is that a problem?
Hi Rodrigo33333,
Yes — the issue is because your file is .xls, which is the very old Excel format (Excel 97–2003).
Microsoft Fabric and most modern connectors do not support .xls files.Open the file in Excel → Save As → Excel Workbook (.xlsx).
Then upload the .xlsx file into Fabric or OneLake — it will work without issues.Why this is required?
Fabric uses the newer OpenXML standard, and older .xls files aren’t compatible with the ingestion engine.
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Thanks & Regards
Shashi Paul
alternatively, you can save it as a CSV file, if you don't have the Excel (2007+).