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majort
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Remove existing DataSource

‎07-30-2015 11:06 AM

Hi,

 

if i change a data source for example from one database to another database by editing the M Script, the previous used database connection still exists because when i publish the pbix to powerbi.com then the old database connection i still listed in the data sources.

 

The problem is that i cannot remove this data source and the impact is that i cannot schedule the dataset because of the old database connection (this was only a development database that does not exists anymore).

 

So how can i remove a database connection or data source that is not anymore used by any dataset?

 

thx in advance

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jeremyfirth
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In response to majort

‎07-31-2015 03:27 PM

had this same issue when I created a link to a file on a mapped network drive initially, then later changed it to the full network path to the file.

 

Both data connections were showing up when I either published it to PowerBI.com or when I went to PowerBI.com and tried to pull the file instead. 

 

I ended up deleting it from PowerBI.com, re-downloading and installing Personal Gateway, then pulling the file into PowerBI.com using Get Data.

 

Kind of a pain, but it worked. It was a solution offered by a Microsoft employee in another thread.

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aacptl
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In response to jimmyhaley

‎11-15-2022 09:35 AM

In case anyone needs this still...

 

(1) Go to transform data.

(2) on the left, under queries, right click the data set you want to remove, and select delete.

 

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JofrainVisda
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In response to aacptl

‎09-25-2023 01:45 AM

That's deleting a table not a datasource bro.

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mpcosmin
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In response to JofrainVisda

‎10-11-2023 02:47 AM

I don't know if this topic is still opened but I've found that if for example I have a server as a source and let's say a local excel that I need to delete from the data sources, I click "change source" form the excel file and paste the main server on top. Click ok and it will only show the server now. Since is "doubled"

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