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2. Discovering and Loading File-Based Data with Power BI Desktop

Adam Aspin1 
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Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK
 

File Sources

Sending files across networks and over the Internet or via email has become second nature to most of us. As long as the files that you have obtained conform to some of the widely recognized standards currently in use (of which you will learn more later), you should have little difficulty loading them into Power BI Desktop.

As the first part of your journey through the data mashup process, this chapter will show you how to find and load data from a variety of file-based sources. These kinds of data are typically those that you can either ...

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