Excel spreadsheet update not updating in PRO

[JeanetteHarlow1]

When I update and save an xlsx sheet, the changes are not reflected in Arc GIS PRO.  Does anyone else have this problem?  Has anyone  found a specific method to making the changes reflect?

I usually have to turn off PRO and then restart the program for the changes to be reflected.  That said, recently I noticed that even turning off the software and restarting that the changes don't reflect in PRO.

Please note, I make the change in excel.  I save the file.  I close Excel.  

In PRO I remove the old sheet from the Contents pane and refresh the homefile the spreadsheet is in.  I also refresh the folder the spreadsheet is in.  And I do this in a variety of order.  

It also seems that just being patient does not work.

I have had this problem for many PRO versions and currently am running 2.5.0

[LisaSenn]

Simply version up your filename, so it cannot figure out it's the old one with minor changes!!! 😄 

[ValerieZimmer]

Still no solution for this?  Really?

[EmilyGriswold]

Agreed, this is mind boggling. There are very valid reasons for working from Excel, and Refresh should do just that. 

[Bud]

I've seen the same issue in Pro 3.2.1 very recently. I refreshed the Excel file in Catalog, but it had no effect. The edits I made to Excel did not appear in the attribute table in Pro.

However, I tried testing it again just now (3.2.1), and couldn't reproduce the issue. Refreshing in Catalog worked. So that's interesting.

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By the way, if you want Esri to change functionality like this, I think you'd have better success posting an idea, rather than commenting on it in a question. Or submit a case to Esri Support and ask them to report the issue as a bug.