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Daemetius
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Change column name in source file without messing up PowerBI dashboard

I have this problem in PowerBi desktop where I changed the name of a column name in my source file (Excel) and when I click refresh in PowerBi, it gives me an error message saying it couldn't find the previously named column. It is like it cannot recognize the name change.

 

 

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themistoklis
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@Daemetius

 

Unfortunately PowerBI doesnt recognise the column changes from source files. 

You should avoid changing the field names from source data

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