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6 years ago
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Change datasource to PowerBI dataset

Hi,   My customer has made a lot of reports in PowerBI desktop (in one file) and it is now cumbersome for maintenance. Datasource is on premises database.   Is it is possible to switch to PowerB...
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  • Mariusz's avatar
    Mariusz
    6 years ago

    Hi Anonymous 

     

    I don't think you can, probably the fastest way to duplicate the reports would be creating a new file with the link to a data set, then Select All, Copy whole report page from the old file and Pasting it to the new report Page.

     

     

    Best Regards,
    Mariusz

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Mariusz
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6 years ago

Hi Anonymous 

 

I don't think you can, probably the fastest way to duplicate the reports would be creating a new file with the link to a data set, then Select All, Copy whole report page from the old file and Pasting it to the new report Page.

 

 

Best Regards,
Mariusz

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    zvm
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    6 years ago

    Hi,

    I thought of that also - that was my first solution I proposed to my customer. But there are around 40 pages and that is still a lot of manual work.

     

    Ok, it seems there is no other way to do it. I am not surpirsed, I was just hoping there is some trick to avoid manual copying.

    Thanks anyway.

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      Mariusz
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      6 years ago

      zvm 

       

      No problem, and have fun 🙂

       

       

      Best Regards,
      Mariusz

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      v-xuding-msft
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      6 years ago

      Hi zvm ,

      You seem to get the answer. Can you please accept the helpful reply as a solution? Then we are able to close the thread. More people who have the same request will find it quickly and  benefit here.

       

      Best Regards,

      Xue Ding

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