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Anonymous
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DataError.Format There was a problem reading the binary format at position 0

What causes this? I'm trying to perform Close & Load after importing .zip data files and I receive this error.

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v-juanli-msft
Community Support
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Hi @Anonymous 

Is this problem sloved? 
If it is sloved, could you kindly accept it as a solution to close this case?
If not, please let me know.
 
Best Regards
Maggie
v-juanli-msft
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Hi @Anonymous 

It is appreciated to share some codes in Advanced editor for further analysis.

There are some references regarding connecting zip files with power query.

PowerQuery read from folder with many zip file

Reading Zip files in PowerQuery / M

 

 

Best Regards
Maggie
Community Support Team _ Maggie Li
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Jimmy801
Community Champion
Community Champion

Hello @Anonymous 

 

how are you processing the ZIP-file? As i know there is currently no internal function that enables you to read a .zip-file

 

Jimmy

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