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erajan007300
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Text file import error - missing rows

my dashboard data sources are predominantly text files. Tab delimited, text files. I import into power bi desktop - ~8k rows. I import into an excel spreadsheet - ~19k rows. The 19k is accurate. I've read about power bi imports treating all text files as if they had a csv format? I thought I read this was addressed in a previous update? I first downloaded power bi about 2 weeks ago. There has to be a solution to this? Excel imports without error but power bi doesn't?

Any help would be greatly appreciated
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I would also recommend getting the latest desktop update here


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Greg_Deckler
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Any chance that you data is not sensitive and you could post it? This issue will be very difficult to troubleshoot otherwise.


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Here's a sample - I replaced a number of characters with "X".  I did not change any spacing or puncuation.  Hopefully this is enough to give some insight on the issue I'm having.  If not, please lmk what would be desirable.  Thank you.

Can you please "send a frown", attaching this (mangled) sample to the email it generates?

I figured the data would help.  However, it is sensitive.  I can try to provide a sample.  I thought I had the most recent update - the version number reads 2.26.4128.403.

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