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LuggiT
Jan 07, 2022Copper Contributor
MS365 Power Query doesn't work on Mac
Hi, ich habe auf meinem neuen MacBook Air das MS365 installiert um in Excel die Power Query Funktionen zu nutzen. Leider erkennt er nicht wirklich vorhandene Abfragen, noch kann ich eine neue Powe...
Riny_van_Eekelen
Jan 07, 2022Platinum Contributor
LuggiT That's the way it is. Excel for the Mac has limited support for PQ. You can't create or edit queries and only certain types of queries created on a PC can be refreshed on a Mac. Since a few months back, a Power Query button (in MS365) allows you to connect to an Excel workbook or TXT/CSV file. But all it does (for now) is import the data and it "remembers" the connection. So when the underlying file changes, the import will change as well, upon refresh.
- LuggiTJan 07, 2022Copper ContributorOK thanks for the reply, that's a pity. is there any promise from Microsoft that this will work properly at some point!?
- Riny_van_EekelenJan 07, 2022Platinum Contributor
LuggiT Don't know, but the link below gets updated every now and then.
- LuggiTJan 07, 2022Copper ContributorPernille-Eskebo, you can't promote a feature in MS365 like PowerQuery even for MacOs if it doesn't work! not a good job!