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Power BI not recognizing the Excel Tables when Excel fiie is imported from SharePoint
Hi, I have been trying to import the Excel File, where I have more than 3 tables (side by side maintained in a single sheet which I would like to connect as separate Data Tables in power bi for Dashb...
edhans
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Community ChampionThose are all tables. Sheet data has a different icon.
#2 above is how Sheet data looks. #1 is a true Excel table.
Is the file saved as XLSX or XLSM? I've seen issues when saving as XLSB. Also as XLS, but those don't store tables properly anyway.
If it is showing the tables, then not all the tables are displayed. The file is in XLSB format.
- edhans
Convert it to XLSX and try again. There are some bugs I've discovered with the XLSB format that are, to me, as problematic as the old XLS format.
Just try it. If it works, you can open a support ticket with MS on Excel + Power BI with XLSB. But I tell 100% of my clients 100% of the time, convert to XLSX (or XLSM if a macro needs to be retained) and abandon XLSB for Power BI interoperatibilty