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masplin
Impactful Individual
9 years ago
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Analyze in Excel open wrong Excel version

I have both excel 2010 and excle 2016 installed as have avery old model I need to refer to.  i have set all the file types od* to Excel 2016 in default programs, but when I do analyze from Power Bi S...
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    GilbertQ
    9 years ago

    Hi masplin


    What I would suggest, is to rather download and install the Power BI Publisher for Excel. This is an Add-In that you can install for Excel 2016. And when you have it installed you can then easily connect to your data directly from Excel without having to download the ODC file each time.

     

    Here is the link: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-dashboard-publisher/

     

    I personally use this option, easier and quicker.

    As well as this should then solve your Excel opening in the wrong version issue.

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GilbertQ
Super User
9 years ago

Hi masplin

 

If you are looking to create a table using DAX you would then have to do it in Power BI Desktop based off your original data. I am not sure that you can create a table that you are looking for using the connect using Excel.

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masplin
Impactful Individual
9 years ago

That's what i thought which is a shame.

Thanks anyway