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majort
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11 years ago
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Remove existing DataSource

Hi,   if i change a data source for example from one database to another database by editing the M Script, the previous used database connection still exists because when i publish the pbix to powe...
  • jeremyfirth's avatar
    jeremyfirth
    11 years ago

    had this same issue when I created a link to a file on a mapped network drive initially, then later changed it to the full network path to the file.

     

    Both data connections were showing up when I either published it to PowerBI.com or when I went to PowerBI.com and tried to pull the file instead. 

     

    I ended up deleting it from PowerBI.com, re-downloading and installing Personal Gateway, then pulling the file into PowerBI.com using Get Data.

     

    Kind of a pain, but it worked. It was a solution offered by a Microsoft employee in another thread.

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Tribunal
Regular Visitor
2 years ago

For future readers, the way I get rid of some data sources is to delete them from the Data pane.  Find the table that belongs to the data source, right-click, and select Delete From Model.  When I did this, I saved and closed/reopened.  The data source was gone from my list after that.

 

That was just for one table that linked to one Excel document using a Web data source, so not sure if it will work for more complex models.