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Captain_Socks
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PBI Subscription save to onedrive do not overwrite existing files

Hi PBI Community

 

We have set up a report subscription that saves an excel file to sharepoint folder, it's been creating a new version each time the subscription is run, eg File 1, File 2, File 3,

Is there a way to overwrite the existing file instead?

 

Many thanks

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DeanBullock
New Member

Did you find a solution for this?

Serhii_M
New Member

Same issue. I  was so glad that this function appeared, and I don't need to create flows to intercept attachments. But it`s also not overwriting a file for me. 

Ritaf1983
Super User
Super User

Hi @Captain_Socks 

If I understand you correctly  and you are using Power Automate.

Please refer to the linked blog post:

https://sharepointstuff.com/2022/04/20/overwrite-files-using-create-file-action/

If this post helps, then please consider Accepting it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

 

Regards,
Rita Fainshtein | Microsoft MVP
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rita-fainshtein/
Blog : https://www.madeiradata.com/profile/ritaf/profile

Hi 

Thanks for your reply. No I was referring to the subscription from the Power BI service. There's a new feature to save the report output to onedrive/sharepoint.

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