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Missing JSON option at Data > New query > From File
There is allegedly an option to import JSON data in XL 2016, but the option is missing in my copy. It isn't there in Customize the ribbon, so it can't be added from there, either. Any ideas where it ...
Sergi is correct. "New features" like that are only added to Office 365 subscriptions. One-time payment licenses like yours only have the features that were included when they were released in Sept 2015. Eventually, when ever MS gets around to releasing a new version, those missing features will probably be incorporated then. In other words, because you chose not to constantly pay for a subscription MS has decided you are a "second class" customer.
Thanks to you both. It certainly looks as if this is a 'new' feature only available to O365 customers, although I've been unable to find any reference to it in the monthly changelogs for XL2016. It seems to have been around for a long time (since last October at least). This isn't the first time I've been caught out by this discrimination between 'buyers' and 'subscribers'. The last time, though, was when I enquired about the black theme. Same story: O365 only. Nevertheless, I seem to have been able to apply it to my 'bought and paid for' installation:
