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Access to on-premises excel file

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Hello everyone,

I'm searching for a way to connect to some excel files that are located in a shared folder of the office's internal network.
I know the PowerBI team uses a gateway to connected to this same folder and files, but I can't replicate the proccess in the PowerApps.
I'm probably googling for the wrong terms as I'm unable to find a tutorial for this...

I do have access to the gateway (the one used by the PowerBI) and I have the path for the folder and files.
Also, I work home-office so I can't access the file directly (I imagine that this could be a problem)...

Please, can someone tell me if that is really possible and share how to do it?
Anything that points me in the right direction. It also can be a connection for Power Automate.


Thanks very much.

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    You can access the gateway using the File system connector in Power Apps, it should automatically show what share are available.

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