Unable to replace existing dataset

Question

Hello,&nbsp;Thanks for reading and helping.&nbsp;When I publish a .pbix (same name and workplace) a new dataset is created and does not replace the existing. When publishing I am not prompted with the usual "replace existing dataset?" message.&nbsp;Has anyone run into this before?&nbsp;Thank you!!

anonymous · Accepted Answer

Hi&nbsp;Anonymous,
Publish a report with the same name as published reports who already exist in your workspace not mean it will force replace the corresponding datasets and report contents.
Normally, power bi will analyze and compare published report content, dataset, and other internal structures relationships and mark them as same if they match with all conditionals.&nbsp; After these comparisons, power bi will alert you to choose 'replace exists' or create a new one with similar names. (power bi allow same name contents in your workspace, they have an internal unique id to remark different contents )
If you really want to replace existed contents, I'd like to suggest you download corresponding pbix reports and do modification on them and publish, then power bi will ask you to replace raw contents.
Regards,
Xiaoxin Sheng

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