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Anonymous
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Failed to load data after renaming a file

My power BI failed to load data after I renamed the file. Do i need to load a new data file? Or anything I can do to fix it?

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@Anonymous  try changing the source path once 

Anonymous
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Hi, how can i change the source path?

by clicking on transform data you access the query editor

then when you click on your first step step you should see in the command line the name of your file...

 

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Home Tab - Transform Data - Data Source setting (it will open new window) - Change Source - 

here you can change the file name or you can select the same file again with the help of browse option 

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Helper II
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Hi,

most probably in the query editor you need to change the name in the source...

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