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HaraldHBub
8 years agoFrequent Visitor
Importing XML gives all data in single column
Hi, I'm attempting to import data from an XML file we get exported from one of our systems. I have little experience with XML, so the error might be obvious. Excel opens it just fine and returns ...
Anonymous
8 years agoNot applicable
HaraldHBub,
I am not sure that how Excel parse the above result, and I haven't found solutions to get same result after importing XML file in Power BI Desktop.
In your scenario, I would recommend you save the xml file as .xlsx file after you open it in Excel, then directly connect to the Excel file in Power BI Desktop.
Regards,
Lydia
HaraldHBub
8 years agoFrequent Visitor
Anonymous
Yeah, that is the workaround I had to use, but it does give some issues with doing several exports and automating the import though. However thank you for trying :)
Regards