Initialization of data source failed

[Khaled_Mahtab]

Why "Initialization of Data source failed" appear when load and close in my office PC though it is properly working in my home PC. Where is the problem - Trust Center setting or else. How can it be solved?

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi @Khaled_Mahtab 

Whether your data source is a local data source, and the data source is located on your home computer, if so, because the data source does not exist on your office computer, so Power Query cannot get the data source information, it will cause the initialization failure, you need to put the data source into your office computer and change the data source path, change the data source path can be found in 'Data source Setting’, you can refer to the following link.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/connect-data/desktop-data-sources#how-to-create-a-pbids-c...

powerbi - how to change the path of source file in power bi - Stack Overflow

Best Regards!

Yolo Zhu

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