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I have a workspace that I'd like to rename. I know how to go to the workspace settings and change the name but don't know what kind of impact this has on the end users. My user base is over 2,000 people and I don't want to make their day difficult just to rebrand the workspace. (For the curious: my use case is to have the name of the workspace match the name of the email account we want users to contact if they need help.)
Here's what I'm looking for help confirming/understanding...
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@Anonymous You should be fine, each workspace gets a unique id and that is what is in the URL. The name is not actually part of the url so bookmarks and such should be fine.
@Anonymous You should be fine, each workspace gets a unique id and that is what is in the URL. The name is not actually part of the url so bookmarks and such should be fine.
Agree with Andreiak - Just happened to me. This happens if you have direct query connection. It does't update the Server name when you go to the model view and check.
So if you have direct query, be careful and just repoint your data sources.
I know, it's an old thread, but I'd like to point out that there IS a risk of renaming a workspace. If you use a semantic model in another pbix, renaming the workspace will break the second report. To solve it, one has to reconnect the pbix to the model in the renamed workspace - although, it's essentially the same file, and according to your logic it should use the same id, but it doesn't.
@andreiak have you confirmed that this is actually true?
It doesn't appear to be the case, from my testing.
Hi @ebeery
Yes, still not working for me. The report below uses it's own data model and another external one located in the sames WS. As soon as WS's renamed, all similar reports look like on the screenshot.
Agree with Andreiak - Just happened to me. This happens if you have direct query connection. It does't update the Server name when you go to the model view and check.
So if you have direct query, be careful and just repoint your data sources.
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