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Anonymous
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7 years ago

Cannot overwrite an existing report

Hello,    I have a published a report with the same name as an existing report in the same workspace but instead of overwriting the old report, a new report with the same name is actually saved in ...
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v-xicai
Community Support
6 years ago

Hi Anonymous ,

 

Please check the name of dataset and report in Service is the same as the PBIX file name in Desktop, there is no extra space in them. And then select the same App workspace or My Workspace which original dataset located to publish. 

 

Based on my test to publishing report to Power BI Service in the latest version 2.72.5556.801 of Power BI Desktop, it overwrite well. You may upgrade the Power BI Desktop.

 

 

 

You can try to download the existed report in Power BI Service, open this pbix file in Power BI Desktop again, see if it is replaced successfully.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Or you may delete the old report, and publish again.

 

Best Regards,

Amy

 

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

 

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    6 years ago

    Hello, The pbix has the exact filename as the other report, only the data source is different. I can't delete the old report as there are dashboards linked to it. If there's a way to remap the dashboards, I would have done that but recreating them is a very tedious part.