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Excel Workbook: The 'Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0' provider is not registered on the local machine. The 64-bit version of the Access Database Engine 2010 Access Database Engine OLEDB provider is required to connect to read this type of file. To download the client software, visit the following site: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=285987 It looks like you tried to open a XLS file with Power BI. Yeah, no. XLS is forbidden territory, you can't just walk in there. You have to be sneaky. Here's the trick: Source.xls --> Excel-file located in OneDrive - -> Power BI Did you see it? It's right there, in between. Let's zoom in: XLSX-file located in OneDrive (or any other cloud storage for that matter) that imports the XLS file using Power Query It's really that simple. Locate the XLS file you wish to use. Import it into a cloud stored XLSX format Excel-file. Use desktop Excel to create the connection with Power Query. Read the XLS as Web.Contents and the...

Old fashioned form analyzing requires extra protection. Forms is a handy tool to collect user input for various purposes. You can check the results directly from Forms service online, but for more in depth analytics the results can be downloaded in an Excel file. That means that the results can be interpreted and refined in Power BI with ease. So, let's get on to it. Create a form with Forms If you haven't had the chance to create forms with Forms before, there's no need to be afraid. It's really straight forward, so I won't go through the process here. Really, there's nothing to it. There's plenty of tutorials out there. For example check out Kevin's excellent video on the subject:  How to use Microsoft Forms Get form id The part we are interested in your newly created questionnaire is the form id . Open you form if it isn't open already in editor or in preview. Check the URL from the browser and look for part starting with  FormId= Starting aft...