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Edit Queries grayed out - How can I view the source data in Excel and append data to this source?
Anonymous Thank you for the reply!
I'm logged in both Power BI "Service" and "Desktop" with the intern's account; so I should have full access to the dataset since he's the one that created it.
In "Desktop" I just selected the dataset and then recreated the report view, but I can't seem to find a way to actually see the dataset in "Edit Queries" because it's grayed out and I'm sure I have full access since I'm logged in as the intern who created it.
Could it be because he initially created this dataset from "Service" and not "Desktop"?
Dali748 ,
If you connect to the power bi dataset, you can't edit the dataset in power query because it's in live connection mode. So if you want to modify the dataset or change the data model, you need to download the pbix file from power bi service and publish to replace the current dataset. Click File-> Download Report(Preview) to download the pbix file.
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v-yuta-msft That's another issue I'm having, based on my research online since he created this report from "Service" it doesn't give me an option to download the *.pbix file, it's grayed out.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/service-export-to-pbix#considerations-and-troubleshooting
When I try to do the "Analyze in Excel" option on this dataset, the *.odc file downloads but when I try to open it I get a message saying "Excel cannot find OLAP cube Model..." but on datasets where I can download the *.pbix file I can open the *.odc file fine.
Dali748 ,
I think the limitation section has described the reason why you can't download the pbix file:
- To download the file, you must have edit access to the report.
- The report must have been created by using Power BI Desktop and published to the Power BI service, or the .pbix file must have been uploaded to the Power BI service.
- Reports must be published or updated after November 23, 2016. Reports published earlier aren't downloadable.
- This feature won't work with reports and content packs originally created in the Power BI service.
- Always use the latest version of Power BI Desktop when you open downloaded files. Downloaded .pbix files might not open in non-current versions of Power BI Desktop.
- If your administrator has turned off the ability to download data, this feature won't be visible in the Power BI service.
- Datasets with incremental refresh can't be downloaded to a .pbix file.
Community Support Team _ Jimmy Tao
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