Cross-database join with Excel external files included will not refresh correctly.
Because the dataset is based off of a subset of the Excel file, the "Include external files" option does not include a complete Excel file. If the external files are not included (but are on a shared location for example) when the dataset is refreshed, Tableau reaches out to the location of the Excel file for the extract refresh.
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