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I seem to have an issue importing data from Excel Spreadsheets, if I use the Connect option the data is available in the Report section but each time I use the Import option I get the 'Processing the file' dialogue for a few seconds and then nothing, the dataset doesn't appear. If I change the file type to .csv then the file imports fine. Am I missing something really obvious here?
What is your query "Load to" settings ? Excel Spreadsheet, conection only, data model ?
Default settings are available into Power Query ribbon -> Options -> Global -> Data Load
Your Excel file is up on OneDrive, correct?
I've tried both OneDrive and also local hard drive, same outcome for both.
Is your excel file .xls (97-2003) or .xlsx (2007 - 2016)? Sometimes it works only with .xlsx
It's a .xlsx file.
Last try..Data are format as table?
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