I'm new to power bi. I have developed a dashboard on power bi desktop. It reads some .csv files as data source. Now I need to move it to another machine, names of those csv files are the same, path is the only thing to be updated.
Is it possible to change the path only, instead of rebuilding this dashboard? Thanks.
In Power BI Desktop:
Go to File - Options - Data Source settings
Select your csv-file
Click the Change Source ... button and change the file path
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I have a power bi report that connects to another power bi dataset.
I want to import an excel file into the new report's dataset without making any changes to the original dataset.
On this new report (that uses another dataset) the transform query button is grayed out so I'm not sure how to import an excel file. Does power bi support this?
Use the Get data button on the home tab. Should be a simple upload of the excel file. Make sure to use the desktop version. Using the model tab on the far left side you can link variables (many to many, many to one, etc.) (if the datasets are related)
What you`re looking for is a Composite Model. If you want to use it, you first have to enable the following Preview features in Options:
After a restart you can click on Transform data and Power BI will add a local model and allow you to add further data sources like Excel files to it.
Can you refresh data in a Power BI dashboard if you've moved the underlying data source to a different folder? My colleague built a dashboard using data on his desktop. I have to refresh the dashboard, but the updated data now sits on my desktop. Is there any way to do this?
The best solution is to always import source file from SharePoint using the SharePoint folder connector.
As a quickfix you could also change the path to a local source file by going to the table/query in the PowerQuery Editor. The first ETL step is "Source" and in the formula bar you can see something like
Source = Csv.Document(
File.Contents("C:\Users\login\Downloads\data.csv")
)
This is the place where you can simply change the path to the new location.
In this scenario, I am using on premise data source like excel file in power bi. Here I have made some ETL process and Calculations as well. Now the problem is, my client want me to do migrate all on premise data sources into sharepoint. For that, If I change the file path in power bi, can I have all the changes I made earlier?
You don't have to change any transfomations if you read Excel via the web connector. However, if you're using the SharePoint Folder connector (recommended), you'll probably have to add an additional another navigation step to access the sheets.
Is there a difference between looking at the Power BI Desktop File (.PBIX extension) and looking at the report created when you go to Power BI Report Server and click on "Edit in Power BI Desktop"?
Will everything be exactly the same or would it be better to just look at the .PBIX file if I want to see exactly how the report was created?
I am unable to test this myself at this time.
When you open the file that has been uploaded in the Power BI (PBI) Service, you can be certain that this your live file that is currently being used in production.
When you open a .PBIX file on computer using the PBI Desktop, it might be the same file as the file downloaded from PBI Service, but there's no guarantee that no changes have been made to the file.
So if you want to know the current live file looks like, always download the .PBIX file from PBI Service.
I was building a report in Power bi. I did not save the file yet, so by default it was named "Untitled".
Server shut down unexpectedly. After reboot I opened Power BI but. In "View recovered files" I am unable to find the one I was working on.
I'm trying to find the location where Power BI stores .ipbx files but cannot find it.
Does anybody knows is there a chance to recover my Untitled file?
Thanks
Power BI stores temporary saved versions of the PBIX reports you build in the folder:
%localappdata%\Microsoft\Power BI Desktop\TempSaves\
e.g.
C:\Users\augustoproiete\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Power BI Desktop\TempSaves\
You should find files that look like this:
~$Untitled (Recovered 06d01d5075934de452284d38bd96ddf6bad.pbix
It was hidden for me too. I did a search on my computer for all .pbix files and the search discovered it. I then opened file location and found it. But I could not navigate directly to the location of the backups using Windows 10.
C:\Users\<username>\Microsoft\Power BI Desktop Store App\TempSaves
This is the location of the .pbix auto saved files.
C:\Users\<username>\Microsoft\Power BI Desktop Store App\AutoRecovery
This is the location of any Auto Recovered .pbix files if Power Bi crashes.