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Understanding The “External table is not in the expected format” Error In Power Query In Power BI And Excel

Understanding The “External table is not in the expected format” Error In Power Query In Power BI And Excel
Solve the "Extenal table is not in the expected format" error by making sure you're importing data from files of the correct type

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