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mbegg's avatar
mbegg
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9 years ago

Connect dashboard to updated report

Hi, 

 

I built a report in Desktop and Published it to Power BI Service, where I created a dashboard. I made some simple edits to the report within Service, then downloaded the .pbix file and made further edits in Desktop.

 

I then re-published the report to the Service.

 

How do I repoint the dashboard to the new version of the report?

 

I have tried re-publishing the report with the same file name as the original report, but Power BI doesn't recognise they are the same. I end up with 2 reports with the same file name in the Service.

 

Thanks in advance? 

Need Help

7 Replies

  • GilbertQ's avatar
    GilbertQ
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    9 years ago

    Hi mbegg

     

    When you upload the report, it actually is stored with a GUID of some type, so that is possibly why it does not link back to the dashboard.

     

    One option is to just go into your new report and link the items back into your existing dashboard and delete the ones not working.

     

    Another option is to go into your uploaded report and copy the link for the page that your dashboard item is from.

    Then go into the properties for your dashboard tile, and where it says Custom URL put in the URL?

    • mbegg's avatar
      mbegg
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      9 years ago

       

      link the items back into your existing dashboard 

       

       

      GilbertQ do you mean re-pin each page/tile to the dashboard? Or to put it another way, to rebuild the entire dashboard because I have changed the underlying report? 

      • GilbertQ's avatar
        GilbertQ
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        9 years ago

        Hi mbegg

         

        One option is to re-create the Dashboard tiles, by re-pininng them all.

         

        Another option is to use the Set Custom Link. And to get the link you would go into your report and copy the URL from there.

        NOTE: Each report page will have a different "ReportSection" depending on which page you are on.