Microsoft Excel Connector generating a system error

One of my reports uses a Microsoft Excel connector. It had been working properly for weeks, but recently it’s been generating a system error. I’ve tried deleting and re-adding the data source to no avail. Anyone experiencing the same thing?

Try deleting the container and then removing all the files that exists there.
Also check for the character encoding standard that you dataset contents has, should be compliant.
Then, add the required file and check.