Can't save map service definition after setting up a relate

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09-10-2012 10:05 AM
by Anonymous User
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Original User: cook

I am trying to establish a relate to an Excel spreadsheet from a layer in an mxd file.  I can set up the relate successfully, but when I analyze the map for errors before creating a msd file, I get the following error:

"Layer's data source is not supported"

The interesting thing is the the error is for the first layer in the layer list and is not part of the relate.  If I remove the relate and analyze the map, everything checks out OK and I can create a msd file.  So it seems that the relate is the problem but I have no idea why it creates the error for a different layer.  All of the layers are in ArcSDE.  The excel file is in a virtual directory.

Any ideas on how I can make this work?
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by Anonymous User
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Original User: mahoque

Excel file is not supported by mapservie at 10.1. You need to convert your excel file to something like a table in SDE or FGDB or dbf etc.

help topic on this: http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//00sq0000002n000000
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