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Hi everyone, I was hoping someone could help.
I have changed laptops and needed to reinstall Power Bi Desktop. One of my main dashboards has a hell of a lot of different data sources. Is there a quick way to copy my data source credentials over from my old laptop to my new laptop. Some of the older ones have been on there so long, I cant remember where they came from.
Thanks
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Hi @Pricey79 ,
If you sign in your Power BI Account and then connect to your data source, I think you can find all your data source in Global Permissions in Data Source Setting.
Files>Options and setting>Data source settings
Data Source in Current File:
It will show all the data sources used in preparing the current open Power BI Desktop project.
Global Permissions:
It will show all the data sources which are used till date to prepare different Power BI reports.
Best Regards,
Rico Zhou
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Hi @Pricey79 ,
If you sign in your Power BI Account and then connect to your data source, I think you can find all your data source in Global Permissions in Data Source Setting.
Files>Options and setting>Data source settings
Data Source in Current File:
It will show all the data sources used in preparing the current open Power BI Desktop project.
Global Permissions:
It will show all the data sources which are used till date to prepare different Power BI reports.
Best Regards,
Rico Zhou
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
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