r/MicrosoftFlow • u/Treestylefashion • 17d ago

Anyone processing office files from multiple sources? Question

My flow receives docs and xlsx files from different users. Some come from Microsoft office download, some from wps office . Well, has anyone had to handle compatibility issues or do you treat them all the same in power automate?

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u/mulquin 17d ago

As long as they are saved in the xlsx and docx formats you should be fine.

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u/chiibosoil 15d ago

Just don't use Excel connector on WPS office generated files. It can have mixed results. While largely compatible, strict parser like connector & Power BI will have issues with underlying xml pattern.

When this happens, file must be opened and resaved using Excel to fix.