Change semantic model of a published report

[aelsken]

Hello all,
I know there is already a similar post but I am experiancing some barriors to the solutions. I have 14 reports published off of one model. I have updated the model with enough changes to where I needed to rename and republishe the model.

I tried to load into desktop and click transform data to pull up data source settings, but it just pulls up the list of models to connect to. Making a local model is undesirable.
If I remake the report and try to publish with the same name I am not prompted to replace the origional and when I publish I just get 2 reports with the same name. 

I am hopfull that there is a way to avoid having to remake all the reports as you can only copy one page at a time and filters do not carry over. (To my knowledge) Additionally there reports are published to an app so when I remake the reports, all my user's links will break. 

Lastly, I beleve this could be solved (for me anyways) if I can just rename my origional model without needing to reconnect everything. I would jsut same a copy of the origional before the updates. 

[Ritaf1983]

Hi @aelsken 

Hi,

It seems like there's some misunderstanding here. From the image you provided, it appears that you're dealing with a report (as indicated by the report icon), not the semantic model.

The semantic model looks likethis :

The challenges you're describing are related to updating an existing published report in Power BI, rather than replacing a dataset or semantic model.

Here are a few points that might help you solve the issue:

Make Sure You Are Connected to the Same Workspace: When publishing the updated report, ensure you are connected to the same workspace as the original report. This is crucial for Power BI to recognize that you're trying to replace the existing report.

Keep the Same File Name: Make sure that the report you're publishing has the same name as the original report. Power BI identifies reports by their name and workspace. If either is different, it will create a new report instead of replacing the existing one.

Workspace Permissions: Verify that you have write permissions for the workspace. Without the appropriate permissions, Power BI won't allow you to replace the existing report.

Updating Rather than Creating New: When publishing again from Power BI Desktop, you should be prompted to replace the existing report. If you're not getting that option, it might be due to one of the issues mentioned above.

If this post helps, then please consider Accepting it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

[aelsken]

Perhaps some clarity, my snip is of the report not the model, true. This is an illistration of a perposed solution from a prevous thread when switching models.  See here: Solved: Change semantic model of a published report - Microsoft Fabric Community
I was illistrating that the solution of publishing the report connected to the new model where the report has the same name will overwrite the old one, this was not the case for me, I just have two reports with the same name, but connected to different models.