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khushboosinha
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excel uploaded not visible under datasets

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?

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BhaveshPatel
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You should choose Import option.

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@khushboosinha

 

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.

 

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Regards,

Simon Hou

Can this be done using PowerBI Service?

@khushboosinha

 

You can import the file on Power BI Service. See: Get data from Excel workbook files.

 

Regards,

 

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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