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graceste
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.rxx Files in Power Bi

Hi,

I'm trying to get data from a multiple .rar files from a folder,

is it possible to load them in Power Query and open withaut extracting them first?

 

best regards

Grace

 

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v-yalanwu-msft
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Hi, @graceste ;

if it's a default rar archive it should be possible.

Check the following article, it's a tutorial how to do that:

Reading Zip files in PowerQuery / M (sql10.blogspot.com)


Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Yalan Wu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

Thanks @v-yalanwu-msft ,

I've checked it already, it doesn't work with rar files, the result I get is an empty column

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