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Hello. I am having an issue when I attemp to do a data refresh from app.powerbi.com. It refreshes fine from the desktop, but I am getting the following error in the app:
Data source error: | Not a legal OleAut date.. The exception was raised by the IDataReader interface. Table: hbdg customer_order_line_item. |
I found and fixed all date problems where the year obviously wrong (0217 instead of 2017, etc.), but am still getting the error on this table. I have many entries where the date shows NULL and many where the date shows 0000-00-00 and my question is does anyone know if the zeros can cause the refresh to fail? Thanks!
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@Anonymous ,
I have made a test but couldn't reproduce your issue. The sample data you given can be refreshed in power bi service on my side.
Community Support Team _ Jimmy Tao
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
@Anonymous ,
Please check if there's a date before 1/1/1900 in your table.
Regards,
Jimmy Tao
I have combed through and fixed any dates before 1900. Here is a sample of the column and what I am seeing with the all zero dates.
6/29/2012 |
8/6/2012 |
8/6/2012 |
8/6/2012 |
8/6/2012 |
8/6/2012 |
8/6/2012 |
8/6/2012 |
0000-00-00 |
0000-00-00 |
0000-00-00 |
0000-00-00 |
0000-00-00 |
0000-00-00 |
0000-00-00 |
0000-00-00 |
@Anonymous ,
I have made a test but couldn't reproduce your issue. The sample data you given can be refreshed in power bi service on my side.
Community Support Team _ Jimmy Tao
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
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