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Hi Friends,
This is very common error however I am still getting the error despite deleting all the blank columns and blank rows. I have huge data set imported from a xlsx file. Can you please help..!!
I am having this same issue and have checked all my headers. none are blank. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. Still new to power BI. Thanks for the help.
Hi @sgpatnaik
Hi @sgpatnaik
Please share more information, eg: what steps you applied when this error occured.
In addition, there are similar threads you could refer to:
Model object names must be non-empty error message
Replacing an Integer value with Text using a DAX Formula
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.
first of all check column names after load data and applying (if it's done) function Use first row as a header.
Column name must not be null or just empty symbols
do not hesitate to give a kudo to useful posts and mark solutions as solution
Hello @sgpatnaik
could you please share a data example and maybe also the code itself, stating witch step produces the error. Without any information, I'm not able to help
Jimmy
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