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Lijie's avatar
Lijie
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3 years ago

Power Bi Export Data as Summarized Data-downloaded table name changed

On 24th Jan 2023, I exported a report as summarized data and the downloaded table column titles looked like below, which remained the same for the past years.   However, on 26th Jan 2023, w...
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kevingauv's avatar
kevingauv
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3 years ago

Microsoft introduce a new way to export data last week. This new option is the now the default one and will keep a live connection between your Excel and the Report.

You'll need to chose the second option in the dropdown list now to use the "old/normal" way to export data into Excel.

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AliceW's avatar
AliceW
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3 years ago

Kevin, you're a lifesaver!

Do you know how to stop this first horrid option from even being displayed?

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    kevingauv
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    3 years ago

    I looked for this option myself and I didn't find any.

    Other thread in the forum are about the same and many peson asked for the same (disable this option).

    Maybe Micorsoft will add an option eventually...

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      AliceW
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      3 years ago

      What's particularly annoying is that it's the DEFAULT one! And you know regular users just want their beautiful table and will have trouble remembering this option.