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Sraw
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Cannot import excel file using api

Today is 8102 year, and power bi still cannot import excel file using api?

 

I have found some related message but none of them gives a solution.

http://community.powerbi.com/t5/Integrations-with-Files-and/Import-Excel-xlsx-using-Power-BI-API/m-p...

http://community.powerbi.com/t5/Integrations-with-Files-and/Upload-a-local-Excel-file-using-the-impo...

 

I'm tring to do the following:

 

POST /v1.0/myorg/imports?datasetDisplayName=WowS HTTP/1.1
Host: api.powerbi.com
Authorization: Bearer ...
Cache-Control: no-cache
Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=----WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW

------WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="filePath"; filename="runDataDemo.xlsx"
Content-Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet


------WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW--

Importing a  .pbix file succeed.

 

So honestly, does power bi API supports import excel file?

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Greg_Deckler
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Was that year supposed to be 2018?



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