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I am trying to create data flow conecting to excel-file (other local files too) and get problem:
Full tray:
---------- Massage ----------
Failed to execute 'atob' on 'Window': The string to be decoded is not correctly encoded.
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Error: Failed to execute 'atob' on 'Window': The string to be decoded is not correctly encoded.
at https://europe.prod.powerquery.microsoft.com/MashupEditor/scripts/app.b09c51d9cac4a8220b5b.bundle.js...
at https://europe.prod.powerquery.microsoft.com/MashupEditor/scripts/app.b09c51d9cac4a8220b5b.bundle.js...
Are you trying this with .xls files ?
Yes, this error appears with other files too (csv, txt, json)
What is the locale on your computer?
Russian (Russia)
Can you recode your source data into UTF-8 or UCS?
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