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How to utilise same excel data source on a second user's oneDrive after exporting & importing PowrApp package

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Posted on by winwell 30

I have finished building an App using excel as data source on my One drive.

 

I now need to install everything on the main user's account as they will be maintaining it going forward.

 

I exported the PowerApp fine and he imported it on his account okay.

 

I emailed him the excel file and he uploaded it to his OneDrive for Business but when he tries to addd a new data source to the excel file on HIS One Drive, the excel file is not visible within PA.

 

Other excel files display okay so it must be something to do with the excel file itself.

 

Has anyone experienced this before? Any ideas on how to get the imported app to use the new data source and make that excel file visible?

 

Thanks

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    v-monli-msft Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi @winwell ,

     

    Please let the user open the excel file from his OneDrive for Business, and make sure that the data has been formatted as a table. If not, please format data to an excel table, then try to add this table as data source in the imported app again. 

     

    Regards,

    Mona

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