“Change Source” Button Greyed Out in Power Query Editor on O365 Excel

[WinLou]

I’m encountering an issue with the Power Query Editor in O365 Excel and could use some help.

When I import web data HTML tables to be exact into my spreadsheet and go to the Power Query Editor and try to change my data source using the “Data Source Settings” button in the toolbar. This opens the Data Source Settings window. In the past (and currently on computers running older versions of Office), I’ve been able to use the “Change Source” button (bottom left) to pull different data into the sheet. However, in O365 Excel, the “Change Source” button is greyed out and not usable.

Here are a few things I’ve tried:

1. Sheet Protection: I’ve checked to ensure the sheet is unprotected.
2. Excel Version Differences: There might be differences in how features are handled between older versions of Excel and O365.
3. Permissions and Settings: I’ve looked into any specific permissions or settings in O365 that might be restricting this feature.

Has anyone else encountered this issue? Is there a known solution or workaround? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

[Anonymous]

Hi @WinLou ,
According to your description, change source is not available when you connect to the html of the web, this is because the purpose of the change source button is to facilitate changes from the same type of data source. For web source, there is no data on the web that can be read directly, but it is parsed to summarize the content on the web, so there is no case to change the data source. If you want to get information from another web page, you can change your url in the edit field of the m code.

How to change source data location in Power Query (7 ways) (exceloffthegrid.com)

Best regards,
Albert He

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[WinLou]

@Anonymous What does this mean?  "For web source, there is no data on the web that can be read directly, but it is parsed to summarize the content on the web, so there is no case to change the data source."

I'm able to change the website when using LTSC Professional Plus 2021.