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Overwrite existing Report and Dataset without re-sharing.
Anonymous I just tried again by downloading the pbix file from our power BI portal, making my changes, and clicking publish. It did NOT succeed in overwriting my old report, and instead just created a new one with the same exact name. So now I have two reports that differ, with the same name.
Update 2/4: I think I've figured it out. I was not able to overwrite my old report by downloading the pbix from the Reports tab in my Workspace, but I was able to when downloading the pbix from the Datasets tab instead. This might be due to renaming the report from my Power BI Service in the past, so when downloading the pbix file from that tab, it attempts to publish a new dataset with the new name.
I think this should be made easier or more obvious. I'd suggest a publish menu like Tableau's, where you can specify the name/location of the report and it prompts you to overwrite before publishing.
HI Jonmcc ,
Normally power bi service will recognize report name and internal report id and replace old report if published reports meet both two conditions. (if report name duplicate but contents not same, it will create a duplicate name version on power service side)
For your scenario, I think it may be related to power bi service IP changes, you can check support page to know more about these:
BTW, If you download pbix file and publish it again, did it succeed replace service report files?
Regards,
Xiaoxin Sheng
Anonymous I just tried again by downloading the pbix file from our power BI portal, making my changes, and clicking publish. It did NOT succeed in overwriting my old report, and instead just created a new one with the same exact name. So now I have two reports that differ, with the same name.
Update 2/4: I think I've figured it out. I was not able to overwrite my old report by downloading the pbix from the Reports tab in my Workspace, but I was able to when downloading the pbix from the Datasets tab instead. This might be due to renaming the report from my Power BI Service in the past, so when downloading the pbix file from that tab, it attempts to publish a new dataset with the new name.
I think this should be made easier or more obvious. I'd suggest a publish menu like Tableau's, where you can specify the name/location of the report and it prompts you to overwrite before publishing.