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hamzahad91
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9 years ago
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Power BI changing Excel source file

I would like to know if it's possible to change the data file from PBI Online or I sould use PBI Desktop?

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Development changes to the location of your sources should be done through your power bi desktop.

     

    Power BI won't make actual changes to your source data inside the source file.  It is a read-only system.

     

    Hope that answers your question.

  • v-qiuyu-msft's avatar
    v-qiuyu-msft
    9 years ago

    Hi hamzahad91,

     

    We can only change which kind of data source file get data from in Power BI desktop. While in Power BI service, we are not able to change data source. In your scenario, you can click Data source settings -> Change Source to get data from different Excel files.

     

     

    Best Regards,
    Qiuyun Yu

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    9 years ago

    Development changes to the location of your sources should be done through your power bi desktop.

     

    Power BI won't make actual changes to your source data inside the source file.  It is a read-only system.

     

    Hope that answers your question.

  • v-qiuyu-msft's avatar
    v-qiuyu-msft
    Community Support
    9 years ago

    Hi hamzahad91,

     

    We can only change which kind of data source file get data from in Power BI desktop. While in Power BI service, we are not able to change data source. In your scenario, you can click Data source settings -> Change Source to get data from different Excel files.

     

     

    Best Regards,
    Qiuyun Yu