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Vinz

Can't edit the description of a Dataflow

Submitted by on ‎12-21-2022 12:23 PM

Hi!

 

I'm triying to edit the description of a Power Bi dataflow (Properties -> description), but it doesn't change after saving.

 

Best regards,

 

Vincent

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Anonymous
Not applicable
‎12-21-2022 06:23 PM

Hi @Vinz 

Have you previously edited description inside the properties of an external page, and what is the version of your Service? You can change the description in dataflow's detail page .

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Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Ailsa Tao

Vinz
Regular Visitor
‎12-22-2022 04:54 AM

Hi @Anonymous!

 

I'm talking about the description of the dataflow itself; not about the description of a table/entity contained into the dataflow, which is what your picture shows.

 

Service Version 13.0.19635.59
Client Version 2212.1.11454-train

The picture below shows the dataflow's description that I'm trying to edit.

 

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Best regards!

 

Vincent

sscott0203
Frequent Visitor
‎01-24-2023 08:30 AM

I also have the same problem.  I can modify the dataflow description and click save but the changes arent getting applied.  

oktober42
Frequent Visitor
‎01-30-2023 01:15 PM

Same. I have an old description that persists whenever I save, no matter what I change it to.

Sebastiaan99
Frequent Visitor
‎02-12-2023 12:53 PM

I experience the same issue. 
when creating a new dataflow the save dialog does provide the option to enter a name of the dataflow and a description. At that moment the description is properly saved.
midifyibg the description afterwards leads to the above mentioned issue.

The only way to change a description at this moment is by exporting the dataflow to a json export file and modify the description field in the json file usibg an editor and import it again as a new dataflow.

RahulAlkariJCI
New Member
‎02-19-2023 11:29 PM

Hi Team,

 

We are also facing same issues where we are not able modify description for already created dataflow. For most of my dataflows it is blank but when I save it with some description it does not retain that description and shows blank.  This needs a fix at earliest as some of our data manipulaiton is dependent on description. 

 

Regards,

Rahul

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