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Loading excel files in Power BI desktop
- 5 years ago
Hi, PushkarP
According to your description, I think you maybe make some mistakes when getting data, you can follow my steps and try again:
1. Go to your Sharepoint page, copy the main URL, like this:- Get data->Sharepoint folder, then sign in with Microsoft account:
- Transform data, select the file and table you want:
- Create the report and publish, you can go to the setting of the dataset, it says you don’t have to use the gateway to refresh this dataset(because data sources are in the cloud)
You should edit the correct credentials, then you can set scheduled refresh.
I guess that the main reason that the dataset needs a gateway to configure Scheduled refresh is using separate mashup queries to connect to on-premises and cloud sources.
If you just connect to files from Share point Online, you won’t need a gateway to configure Scheduled refresh.
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More info about connecting to Sharepoint on desktop
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Community Support Team _Robert Qin
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- 5 years ago
Hi, @PushkarP
I suggest you go to the step menu to find what's the original cause of this problem, and try to follow these links to fix it:
If you still have a problem, please show more details.
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PushkarP When you try to connect using web connector and with sharepoint online you will have to follow the below steps
1)Open sharepoint Click on the three dots and copy the excel file link
2)the link will be somewhat like https://sampledata/:X:/R/Gatewaytest1.xlsxd=w6b9b7254680240c297f64b53f87f1091&csf=1&web=1&e=nm5gwO
3)Remove the bold letters from the link and copy the revised link while connecting to web Power bi
https://sampledata/Gatewaytest1.xlsx-->your link should look like this
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Anonymous Yes I am using link correctly as you suggested