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jpoole
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Not Importing data from Excel Spreadsheet

‎01-05-2016 07:27 AM

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?

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fbrossard
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‎01-08-2016 12:02 AM

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

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Greg_Deckler
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‎01-05-2016 08:58 AM

Your Excel file is up on OneDrive, correct?



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jpoole
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In response to Greg_Deckler

‎01-06-2016 12:49 AM

I've tried both OneDrive and also local hard drive, same outcome for both.

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konstantinos
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In response to jpoole

‎01-06-2016 07:23 AM

Is your excel file .xls (97-2003)  or .xlsx (2007 - 2016)? Sometimes it works only with .xlsx

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jpoole
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In response to konstantinos

‎01-07-2016 01:31 AM

It's a .xlsx file.

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konstantinos
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‎01-07-2016 06:52 AM

Last try..Data are format as table?

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