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9 years ago
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PowerPivot Export to Power BI: Model Update

Hi all,   I've exported my PowerPivot model to Power BI, and it's been good. What I don't understand is how it handles any changing of the underlying PowerQuery model.   Say I already exported th...
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    Reid_Havens
    9 years ago

    Hi there,

     

    Happy to help. It sounds like you might think the two models between Power Pivot and Excel are connected somehow? So when you import a Power Pivot Model to Power BI it copies everything over, including connections, formulas, tables, power query steps, etc... But it is now a seperate and distnct entity. You can make any changes you want to either, but they won't save to the other one since they are distinct entities now. Hope this helps!

     

    Reid Havens - Principal Consultant

    PowerPivotPro

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Reid_Havens
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9 years ago

Hi there,

 

Happy to help. It sounds like you might think the two models between Power Pivot and Excel are connected somehow? So when you import a Power Pivot Model to Power BI it copies everything over, including connections, formulas, tables, power query steps, etc... But it is now a seperate and distnct entity. You can make any changes you want to either, but they won't save to the other one since they are distinct entities now. Hope this helps!

 

Reid Havens - Principal Consultant

PowerPivotPro

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9 years ago

I do love a definitive answer. Thank you for your help sir. That makes it less complicated as well.