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I am unable to read an excel file from OneDrive/share path in power bi dataflow. Please find the below error msg.
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Hi. Can you check the extension of the file? that error is usually for xls files. If you are using dataflow the best would be reading xlsx files because the old format might need special plugin to install in local machine. That wouldn't be great for dataflows.
I hoep that helps,
Happy to help!
Hi. Can you check the extension of the file? that error is usually for xls files. If you are using dataflow the best would be reading xlsx files because the old format might need special plugin to install in local machine. That wouldn't be great for dataflows.
I hoep that helps,
Happy to help!
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