Aug 24, 2022 · When refreshing an extract of an Excel file that is located on a network drive, the extract might fail and the following error appears in the Background Task view: …

Jan 10, 2017 · Error message when attempting to connect to Excel file from Tableau Desktop . An error occured while communicating to Microsoft Excel Reader. Unable to connect to the …

Jun 21, 2022 · When opening an unpackaged workbook (.twb) with a connection to Excel, the below error occurs, and could not open it. This error occurs after the Excel file was edited. Bad …

Jul 27, 2023 · Open the Excel file in Microsoft Excel, and then save it with the .xlsx extension. Open Tableau Desktop, Tableau Server or Tableau Cloud and reconnect to the.xlsx file.

Nov 9, 2023 · Failed to refresh data source: [Data Source Name] due to the following error: Unable to connect to the file \"H:\\NetworkDrive\\DataSources\\ExcelFile.xlsx\". Check that the …

Jan 20, 2024 · Error Code: 3834FD2B Illegal file type for Excel protocol: "C:\Users\lenovo\Documents\My Tableau Repository\Workbooks\greendestination.csv" road …

Nov 29, 2023 · When attempting to connect to a data source, the connection will fail if the My Tableau Repository location does not allow Tableau to update the files. This issue most often …

Feb 20, 2021 · I am getting the following message The path to the data source seems fine - when I enter the path into the browser window, I am able to connect to it and it downloads the file …

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