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ToddyBoy1968
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9 years ago
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Can we update the dataset without deleting and adding again?

We are trialling the professional version of BI which has some definite benefits over the desktop version, however I may be missing something very obvious. I've updated a document locally to include ...
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    ToddyBoy1968
    9 years ago

    yes, the whole thing came back working fine.

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v-yulgu-msft
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9 years ago

Hi ToddyBoy1968,

 

Do you publish Power BI reports to Power BI service? If so, currently, it is not supported to update the connection string of a dataset which has been published to service programmatically.

 

Regards,
Yuliana Gu 

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ToddyBoy1968
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9 years ago

After publishing the report to the Power BI cloud, I've setup a schedule refresh which executed however when browsing to the report I see the Fix This error even after clicking the Refresh Now. However, over the weekend the schedule refresh worked, I've browsed to the report and it has worked fine. I can only conclude that once the refresh has happened I need to close and re-open the browser to see the desired effect. 

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    v-yulgu-msft
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    9 years ago

    Hi ToddyBoy1968,

     

    Was the table structure or field name changed after refreshing data source?

     

    Regards,
    Yuliana Gu

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      ToddyBoy1968
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      9 years ago

      yes, the whole thing came back working fine.