When COULDN’T REFRESH DATA TYPES errors occur, the cells linked to live data are not refreshed because Excel cannot establish a connection with the external data source.

You can convert text in Excel to linked data types. This is referred to as “linked” data types because the data is connected to an online data source.

Microsoft on Thursday announced some Excel and Power BI enhancements that add 'connected data types' on top of the standard strings and numbers options.

Microsoft is finally giving businesses what they really want: data types based on their own customer data.

These new data types allow you to place structured data within a single cell. Microsoft announced a major update to Excel that brings the option to create your own data types.

Now Microsoft is taking linked data types to a whole new level yet again with the introduction of a new JavaScript API in Excel.

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Microsoft is bringing custom data types to Excel. Businesses and consumers will be able to import structured data into a single cell and reference it throughout a spreadsheet.

However, according to a Microsoft blog post, the next Excel upgrade will take this expansion a step further, by allowing users to create their own custom data types.