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tanyad
Advocate III
7 years ago
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Rename a DataFlow does not work

I have created some DataFlows and then decided to rename them due to a better naming convention i thought up!.  Problem being when I go to Properties of the Dataflow and rename it, the dataflow renam...
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    v-lili6-msft
    7 years ago

    hi, tanyad  Anonymous 

    This issue has been fixed, you could try it.  Smiley Very Happy

     

    Best Regards,

    Lin

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irezax
Regular Visitor
4 years ago

This annoying bug has kept this chat alive for years. I am trying to rename a data flow in Power Platform and I get an error popup with a two GUIDs in it and no description.

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Anonymous
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4 years ago

I had the same today, but I have a workaround. I think it's not official, but it works for me.

With workflows you have the opportunity to export to json file and import it (with the same name) to another workspace. Creating a dataflow - Power BI | Microsoft Docs
The emphasis in the previous sentence is on the same name, but it can be rewritten with a little handwork. The steps:
1. Export the dataflow to a json file.

2. Open the json file in a text editor e.g. notepad++
3. Modify the first property, the "name" to the new dataflow name you want. 

4. Create a new dataflow with "Import Model" possibility.

5. Delete the old dataflow.

Good luck