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"Unable to refresh data for a data connection in the workbook" error when you try to refresh an Excel 2013 workbook in PowerPivot Gallery in SharePoint Server 2010

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Symptoms

When you try to manually refresh an Excel 2013 workbook that is stored in PowerPivot Gallery on a Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 server, you receive the following error message:
Unable to refresh data for a data connection in the workbook. Try again or contact your system administrator. The following connections failed to refresh: ThisWorkbookDataModel

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Cause

This issue occurs because the Excel 2013 workbook contains upgraded data models that cannot be scheduled for a data refresh in PowerPivot Gallery in SharePoint Server 2010.

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Workaround

To work around this issue, upgrade SharePoint Server 2010 to Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013. You can refresh the Excel 2013 workbook correctly in PowerPivot Gallery in SharePoint Server 2013.

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More information

Data models in Excel 2013 cannot be downgraded to data models in Microsoft Excel 2010.

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Keywords: KB2761247, kbexpertiseinter, kbinfo, kbprb, kbsurveynew

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Article Info
Article ID : 2761247
Revision : 2
Created on : 11/23/2012
Published on : 11/23/2012
Exists online : False
Views : 518