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native support to change file type

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Hello. I have searched extensively, and looked through available templates... I cannot find a way to do this natively within Power Automate... only through 3rd party apps.....

 

I currently use a python script with Pandas to open an xls file, and write it as an xlsx file because Power BI does not allow xls files as data source.... so instead of having Power Automate extract my email attachment, save the file, and then having to manually run a python script to read the xls and write as xlsx, I would like Power Automate to do this functionality...  to clarify, i dont need it to convert the file in the same flow that pulls it from email... I just need a standalone flow that grabs an xls files and turns it into an xlsx file. There has GOT to be a way to do it with code without the use of the UI desktop version or a 3rd party tool... Both options are not allowed on my project.   Thanks in advance.

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