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Paulyeo11
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Should i rename field name at power quary or PBI desktop ?

Hi All

When we want to rename field name , i notice that i am able to rename at Power quary or Power BI desktop.

May i know does it make any different if i rename at Power BI desktop ?

 
 
 
 
 
 

Paul

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@Paulyeo11  

 

Do you have the model and visuals in a single PBIX file? If so, I would recommend you to change the name either in model or M query. The visuals and measures will automatically take the new name.

 

If you have used PBI dataset as a source to build you visuals, all the visuals will break. I would still recommend to rename the columns in the model and fix your report/visual because you might end up creating more reports on the dataset.

 

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Anonymous
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@Paulyeo11  

 

Do you have the model and visuals in a single PBIX file? If so, I would recommend you to change the name either in model or M query. The visuals and measures will automatically take the new name.

 

If you have used PBI dataset as a source to build you visuals, all the visuals will break. I would still recommend to rename the columns in the model and fix your report/visual because you might end up creating more reports on the dataset.

 

If it helps, mark it as a solution
Kudos are nice too

Paulyeo11
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Impactful Individual

Hi Hari

You pointed out a very interesting point. which is i want to know. my idea is create a dataset file , just to keep all the data. and create another file just for report. Can you share how to dataset and PBI report file is able to link if they are both not same file name ?

Paul

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