Bug 158857

Summary:	Keep Power Query when saving XLSX
Product:	LibreOffice	Reporter:	Timur <timur>
Component:	Calc	Assignee:	Bayram Çiçek <bayram.cicek>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	aron.budea, bayram.cicek, miguelangelrv
Priority:	medium	Keywords:	filter:xlsx
Version:	24.8.0.0 alpha0+
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
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Crash report or crash signature:		Regression By:
Attachments:	Power query XLSX xlsx file original (excel) xlsx file saved in calc

Description Timur 2023-12-25 15:10:21 UTC

Created attachment 191591 [details]
Power query XLSX

MSO supports Power Query [1].
Example of XLSX with Power Query set is attached, taken from [2].

When such XLSX is resaved in LO, MSO does not recognize query. 
So it is data loss.
If data od query is not changed, LO should keep it so that MSO opens it. 

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/about-power-query-in-excel-7104fbee-9e62-4cb9-a02e-5bfb1a6c536a
https://www.ablebits.com/office-addins-blog/how-to-use-power-query-excel/

Comment 1 m_a_riosv 2023-12-25 17:35:10 UTC

As Calc does not have it implemented, it is probably not even imported.

But you are right that it would be nice if it was preserved when opening/saving.

It seems to me more like a request for enhancement than a bug.

+1

Comment 2 Bayram Çiçek 2024-01-25 23:26:15 UTC

Created attachment 192173 [details]
xlsx file original (excel)

original file with power query on Win10 / Excel.

Comment 3 Bayram Çiçek 2024-01-25 23:33:20 UTC

Created attachment 192174 [details]
xlsx file saved in calc

xlsx file that saved in calc then opened in excel.

Power query is not recognized. There is nothing under the 'Queries & Connections' tab.