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Loading a large excel table as a virtual dataverse table

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Posted on by jaredbidlow 258

Using the virtual connector (set up here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-apps/developer/data-platform/virtual-entities/create-virtual-tables-using-connectors?WT.mc_id=BA-MVP-5000177&tabs=sharepoint#create-the-connection) with a table being referenced in Excel, I get this error, "String primary keys are supported only if they can be parsed as GUID." What do we need for a primary key in an Excel table. Does it need to be unique?

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    Guido Preite 1,490 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

    For example you can add a new column inside your excel and use this kind of formula to generate a random GUID https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14990236/how-to-create-a-guid-in-excel

    hope it helps

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