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When I select an Excel file to load it shows me the preview but the button to load the data remains greyed out so I cannot load the file. Only the Cancel button is available. I can load CSV files. Yes I'm a newbe.
Hi,
On the pop up that shows you all the available tables to upload, you need to click the checkbox
See below, the little black tick in yellow box.
I also have the same problem. Can someone please help me with this? I have already reinstalled the desktop app to no avail, same issue occured.
Only way i was able to get the Load button to appear, not grayed out, in Navigation, was to save my file as a .csv. Simply saving it as an Excel Workbook, not macro enabled, did not do the trick.
However, now when i load the .csv worksheet, the columns and headers appear in Data View, but no data at all.
Im using Excel 2013 and a brand new download of Power BI Desktop
I'm having the same problem after using the Power BI for a couple of weeks.
I'm attempting to load a very simple Excel table with no luck.
I have performed a clean reinstall to see if this corrects problem to no avail.
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When you open an excel file you are greeted with a tree of the file and a list of all of the tabs. Are you using the checkbox to select which tabs to import? Even if the file has only a single tab, you need to place a check mark in the box.
I appreciate your response.
It is exactly what I forgot to do.
Gary
Hi @lporterusc,
I test to load excel file on Power BI desktop version: 2.38.4491.642 64-bit (August 2016) and it works well. I also test “direct query” and “live connection mode” then use get data to add a new excel file but failed(get an error but not appear the button grey issue).
Below are the screenshots of testing:
Normal load excel file.
Live connection(get data function has been disabled):
Direct query + get data from excel:
Can you share some detail information to reproduce your issue?
For example:
The version of your power bi desktop, which type of excel file you try to load, the items you stored in excel file(e.g. map, table, image, chart,…)
In addition, when I try to load a broken excel file, I get an error:
Regards,
Xiaoxin Sheng
@lporterusc Is your file saved as Excel workbook. If no then save it as Excel workbook and then there shouldn't be an issue loading it.
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