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I have a Sharepoint forms library containing several hundred InfoPath forms (XML files). They all share the same schema.
I downloaded about 50 files to a local folder, and successfully connected to them using the new Folder and Combine Binaries capability. It's very nice! Then I tried so access the XML files in the library using SharePoint folder connector, followed by a filter to limit to just the library I wanted. This much worked fine, but when I clicked on Combine Binaries I got an error:
"We encountered an error while trying to connect:
Details: "Query 'Sample Binary Parameter1 (2)' (step 'Source') references other queries or steps, so it may not directly access a data source. Please rebuild this data combination."
At this point, my only workable option is to cancel, and the Sample Binary query doesn't appear. Any idea how to address this?
Thanks in advance.
Hi @mlnelson01,
As the error message stated, please go to the query "'Sample Binary Parameter1 (2)", check all applied steps, if they are referencing other queries.
Best Regards,
Qiuyun Yu
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