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Milkman
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Changing data source after publishing

Good morning, 

i'm trying to discover if there is the possibility to change data source after publishing report to PowerBi web.
I'm developing Power BI reports locally connecting to a localhost database (i cannot connect to the remote database due to security), after publishing the report i need to change the data source connection to the remote database but i cannot see where i can change this.

Do you have any hint?

 

Thank you

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v-frfei-msft
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Hi @Milkman ,

 

We cannot change data source in power bi service. We can change it in power query as @Tahreem24  said and republish the report to service.

 

Community Support Team _ Frank
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Tahreem24
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Super User

Hi @Milkman ,

 

You can change it through Advanced Editor in Power Query. For more details please visit the below URL posted by @zzsuffa.

https://www.decisivedata.net/blog/change-a-power-bi-data-source-type

Hope it will help you.

 

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v-frfei-msft
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Community Support

Hi @Milkman ,

 

We cannot change data source in power bi service. We can change it in power query as @Tahreem24  said and republish the report to service.

 

Community Support Team _ Frank
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the others find it more quickly.
Tahreem24
Super User
Super User

Hi @Milkman ,

 

You can change it through Advanced Editor in Power Query. For more details please visit the below URL posted by @Anonymous.

https://www.decisivedata.net/blog/change-a-power-bi-data-source-type

 

Hope it will help you.

Don't forget to give thumbs up and accept this as a solution if it helped you!!!

Please take a quick glance at newly created dashboards : Restaurant Management Dashboard , HR Analytics Report , Hotel Management Report, Sales Analysis Report , Fortune 500 Companies Analysis , Revenue Tracking Dashboard

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