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Anonymous
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6 years ago

Power BI Reports Origin

We have a workspace that has many different Power BI reports in it but I am trying to figure out how to know where the location is of the power bi file that a repor is linked to. We generally have one location that we create/save our power Bi charts to but this one report I have found is not created from this location.

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
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    6 years ago

    Is that workspace online or is it in your pc? Like a shre folder

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
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      6 years ago

      It is published online within our local network.

  • v-diye-msft's avatar
    v-diye-msft
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    6 years ago

    Hi Anonymous 

     

    Do you mean you'd like to know the location of the dataset? For Power BI service, the data from the file is stored on Azure. The Power BI service is built on Azure, which is Microsoft’s cloud computing infrastructure and platform. More details, please review this blog.

     

    In Power BI service, if you are referencing SQL Azure DB, then you don't need a gateway. If it is on-premises, then you do. In both these cases, if you change the connection type to "import" model- then the data will be stored in the Power BI Azure backend. If you get data using a live connection, no data is stored in the cloud, just some caching.