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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
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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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