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Hello,
I am new to Power BI and I am not able to change data source in my PBI report.
Can you please help me with this?
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@Anonymous Hey,
You can update your data source from your Power bi desktop. Kindly follow below step.
Select Transform data drop
data source setting
select data file and change data source
update your excel reference.
Thanks
Harish.
Hi @Anonymous
Please follow the steps
1. Go to file (Upper left corner)
2. Options and settings (bottom left)
3. Data source settings
After clicking on Data source settings you will see the below prompt and you can change the data source which you want.
If this answers your questions, kindly accept it as a solution and give kudos.
Hi @Anonymous ,
You can change the data source by going into transform data option :
Once the Power query window is open, click on your excel table and from Applied steps ---> click on source --->
Now you can change the path for your excel data source.
Thanks,
Ankita
Hi @Anonymous ,
For that you need to go to the data source settings:
Then select the file and change source
Regards
Miguel Félix
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Check out my blog: Power BI em Português@Anonymous Hey,
You can update your data source from your Power bi desktop. Kindly follow below step.
Select Transform data drop
data source setting
select data file and change data source
update your excel reference.
Thanks
Harish.
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