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Can't refresh a Data Set from Excel file
Brand new to Power BI! I hope someone can help with my newbie question. I have excel files stored on a network drive that I used to create a report and dashboard. Is there a way to link directly t...
Hi greggcampa,
You can also install and configure Power BI on-premises gateway, then add Excel data source under on-premises gateway and use the gateway to refresh your dataset. For more detailed steps about how to add Excel data source under gateway, please check my reply in this similar thread: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Integrations-with-Files-and/Scheduled-refresh-for-excel-file-with-on-premise-gateway/td-p/104363 .
Thanks,
Lydia Zhang