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Anonymous
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Data Source Settings

Hey All,

 

Trying to change my Data Source Setting in BI from a SharePoint connection to a local file. This is proving difficult as I do not see the option to add additional sources or edit the existing SharePoint connection to a local one. Any help/assistance would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thank You

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ilton
Helper I
Helper I

Hi @Anonymous 

You can do pretty much anything with your data in the transformation part

1. Open tranformation editor

2. Add the local file as a new source

3. open the advanced editor

ilton_2-1648252548574.png

 

4. Replace the source from the sharepoint query with the source from the local file query

you may need to adjust a few things manually afterwards.

ilton_4-1648252629894.png

 

 

Is this helps consider marking it as a solution

If you need any help let me know

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v-yingjl
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Community Support

Hi @Anonymous ,

Currently the Change Source feature in Power BI Desktop only supports the same data source, if you want to change an SharePoint source to a local file, you may need to do like @ ilton  mentioned.

 

You can also refer this article: How To Change Data Source Of Existing Report In Power BI 

 

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Yingjie Li
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

ilton
Helper I
Helper I

Hi @Anonymous 

You can do pretty much anything with your data in the transformation part

1. Open tranformation editor

2. Add the local file as a new source

3. open the advanced editor

ilton_2-1648252548574.png

 

4. Replace the source from the sharepoint query with the source from the local file query

you may need to adjust a few things manually afterwards.

ilton_4-1648252629894.png

 

 

Is this helps consider marking it as a solution

If you need any help let me know

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