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I am trying to add an excel as a Dataset. But after uploading it only appears only under Reports and not Datasets. I have checked the excel and it is formatted as a table. Is there something that I am missing? Or is my understanding not correct?
You should choose Import option.
If your Excel file is a workbook, please import it into Power BI Desktop instead of using "Get Data" so that the model can be loaded.
Regards,
Simon Hou
Can this be done using PowerBI Service?
You may need to refresh the page to see the uploaded dataset appear in the list of datasets.
You may need to refresh the page to see the uploaded dataset appear in the list of datasets.
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