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Lee_Mather
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10 years ago

Referencing a saved dataset as the source

Hello All   Im brand new to PowerBI so first off thanks in advance for any help, now and in the future.   My first question is on datasets.  We will be using the same data over and over on multip...
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Lee_Mather
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10 years ago

Thanks

 

That makes sense, create the data set, then generate multiple reports from it.

 

Is it possible to do this via PowerBI desktop rather than from a published dataset?

 

ta

 

Lee

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greggyb
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10 years ago

No, a .pbix file can have 0 or 1 reports in it (that report may have 1-N pages). Every .pbix uploaded to the service is a different dataset with the name of the .pbix file. To have multiple reports share a dataset, all reports 2-N must be authored in the browser.

 

Here are two relevant feature requests that you can vote on to help get more visibility to this issue:

https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/11193660-create-multiple-reports-in-a-single-power-bi-deskt

https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/6935840-allow-power-bi-designer-to-open-a-dataset-or-repor