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sowmya2553
Helper I
7 years ago

Trying to extract files from ZIP

I am trying to load the ZIP file in power BI through below query but it throws the error “We didn’t recognizes the format of your first file (). Please filter the list of files so it contains only su...
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sowmya2553
Helper I
7 years ago

 

Hi Maggie,

I have tried and still the same error.

 

Kindly verify screenshot.

 

Regards,

Sowmya

 

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sowmya2553
Helper I
7 years ago

Any update on this further?

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    Dellis81
    Post Prodigy
    7 years ago

    No, not really.  Ended up utilizing a zip utiliity that allows autonaming of unzipped files.  From there, I went down the power query option of connecting to a folder, that pulls in all files from said folder.

    • sowmya2553's avatar
      sowmya2553
      Helper I
      7 years ago

      Can you please guide me how did you do that?

      I am not fully understanding..

      Dellis81 wrote:

      No, not really.  Ended up utilizing a zip utiliity that allows autonaming of unzipped files.  From there, I went down the power query option of connecting to a folder, that pulls in all files from said folder.