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Power BI fails to refresh data from Excel files in hidden folder on network
Hi Community, I am having an issue with an odd problem, and I am hoping having someone here look at it may have an idea as to why I am having the issue. I have report which pulls data from 4 ...
lbendlin
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Super UserDo these users have Power BI Desktop perchance? Can they try to load the Excel files?
Do their locale/culture settings differ from yours?
Given the large number of errors you should be able to see these too - Do a column profiling based on entire dataset
HI Ibendlin,
We're all running Power BI Desktop. There are 3 users which are able to load the Excel files without any errors. Then the other 4(myself included) can not refresh the report without the data refresh erroring on 2 of the 4 Excel workbooks which serve as the data source for the report.
I will try what you suggested, and will update the post.
Thank you for taking the time to reply- it is most appreciated!