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TheFerg
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3 years ago

Power BI service automatically creating dashboard version of .pbix file

I am having an issue with the Power BI service automatically creating a "Dashboard" version of my .pbix file when I upload to a Workspace. Ideally, I only want the Dataset and Report file types to be...
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collinq
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1 year ago

Hey MarkSL ,

 

Nobody ever helped me figure this out.  I still don't like it!

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MarkSL
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1 year ago

hi collinq 

Thanks for coming back to me.  I've realised the cause for us...

In our new PBI environment we were temporarily having to upload reports using the 'Upload' button in the workspace and browsing for the pbix file to upload.  When doing this, these unwanted Dashboard files were being created.

We have now fixed a credentials issue which was preventing us from Publishing from Desktop and now the 3rd file is no longer getting created.

Are you using the 'Upload' button in the service?