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jibran
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9 years ago
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Remove the data source

Hi,   How can I remove previous data sources in Power BI Desktop. Actually I am getting an error when I try to connect to Oracle Database since morning, actually we upgrade database and add new po...
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  • v-qiuyu-msft's avatar
    v-qiuyu-msft
    9 years ago

    Hi jibran,

     

    You can remove the data sources in the current file or previous used data sources in desktop. You can go to File-> Options and settings-> Data source settings loike below:

     

    Best Regards,
    Qiuyun Yu

     

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v-qiuyu-msft
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9 years ago

Hi jibran,

 

You can remove the data sources in the current file or previous used data sources in desktop. You can go to File-> Options and settings-> Data source settings loike below:

 

Best Regards,
Qiuyun Yu

 

  • bchager's avatar
    bchager
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    8 years ago

    How this actually explains how to disconnect from a data source escapes me...

    • jibran's avatar
      jibran
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      8 years ago

      Hi,

      On your Power bi Desktop Go to File -> Options and Settings -> Data Source Settings.

      It will take you to the data source page there you can delete the data base source.

      Click on edit permission which will open another pop up that allows you to delete the source as shown

      • marialester19's avatar
        marialester19
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        8 years ago

        I do not have those options. Thoughts? 

  • bchager's avatar
    bchager
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    8 years ago

    How this actually explains how to remove a data source escapes me...

  • garrek99's avatar
    garrek99
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    9 years ago

    I have a similar problem and was hoping you could help.

     

    I have 2 data sources in the Data Source Settings page (like the one in your image). And the sources are the same except one is in all caps and one isn't. For some reason Power BI sees these 2 as distinct even though the connection strings are identical (password and uname). Because of this the Delete command is just ignored. I tried deleting either and realized I can try deleting both at the same time but nothing works.

     

    Any ideas? 

    • RossSciarrillo's avatar
      RossSciarrillo
      New Member
      4 years ago

      I had the same issue, and it turned out that half of my data was pointing to a file path in one format (full UNC path), and the other data was pointing to a file path with my coded file server name. e.g., "Z:\".

       

      If you Right Click-> Advanced Editor on your Query in the transofrm window, it will show you the path of your selected query, which you can then normalize to your preferred format.