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Anonymous
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Cannot access data from ADL Gen2

Hi All,

I tried accessing the data from a .txt file store in ADL Gen2 , when i connected successfully all it is showing me is the information of the file and not the actual data in the files. Please need help.

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Anonymous
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Thanks Everyone. Issue resolved. I clicked on the query and clicked on binary and was able to get the original data.

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v-kelly-msft
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Hi @Anonymous ,

 

Check the reference below:

https://www.sqlbi.com/blog/marco/2020/05/29/optimizing-access-to-azure-data-lake-storage-adls-gen-2-in-power-query/

 

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Kelly
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Anonymous
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Thanks Everyone. Issue resolved. I clicked on the query and clicked on binary and was able to get the original data.

pranit828
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Hi @Anonymous 

 

How is your delimited might be the source of your issue.

As for csv  it is delimited by ",". But you  are using a text file.

 

Please check.





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Anonymous
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i canged the source file as .csv instead of .txt and it is still the same.

Anonymous
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So what is the solution change it to .csv type?

parry2k
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@Anonymous how are you connecting to the file on ADLS Gen2? Are you using direct link to the file or what? Can you share M script by clicking advanced editor.

 

 



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Get Data> Chose ADL Gen2 > copy pasted the url > Authenticate using Account Key.

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