I have a PowerBi Report in which i used an excel sheet to load historical data.
This historical data will not be updated and is solely used to merge with other data from SQL.
Everytime I update the new merged query my excel sheet will be updated aswell.
Is there a way to disable that? So that i can delete the excel sheet without losing the data in the PowerBI report?
So far i disabled both the load into refresh option of the historical dataset in PowerQuery but this didnt help.
Thanks in advance
There is a capability of Enable or Disable loading of a dataset into your model in Power Query on the right click menu. Is it what you are looking for ?
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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.
I have created a dataset in Power BI web, and then imported it on Power BI desktop (using File -> Get data -> Power BI datasets).
I don't see a way of adding Calculated Columns. Does the dataset need some special configuration to enable this?
Based on my experience you won't be able to see the columns because it using direct query. you can still add some columns and measure but your'e basically flying blind. you can just select the table in the report(visual view) and add column however you'll have to play the guessing game. But if you know your dataset you should be fine.
However a Dataflow wouldn't give the issue you're having.
I have been requested to add another column in a dataflow in Power BI and have done so and refreshed the dataset which uses the dataflow. The field is not appearing in the list of fields in Power BI for some reason. I have tried downloading the dataset on my desktop and cleared the cache and did not work. I opened Power Query (Transform data) and the column exists. I've tried to refresh preview and Close and Load but still not showing. I have 3 columns in that table in Power Query but only 2 are shown in the list of Fileds in Power BI.
Please can you help?
Power BI Filed List
Power Query
I was able to sort this out by right clicking the table and selecting Refresh data
check whether the data source path is correct or not in PBI desktop [path is from your local machine or not]
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I'm using PowerBI Desktop Version: 2.87.762.0 64-bit (November 2020).
Reading data from ADLS Gen 2.
I have been trying to refresh the data in PowerBI to bring in new columns but can’t seem to do it.
I have data on ADLS which I imported into PowerBI.
Now in the source ADLS table I have additional columns.
I would like to refresh the data in PowerBI for it to read the latest tables and hence bring in the new columns.
I have tried refreshing but it doesn’t seem to work.
Tried clicking on “Refresh” in the “Report” view – (which reading online will not work)
Tried refreshing in the “Power Query Mode”. (Steps shown in the figure below, which I think should have worked)
But the new columns don’t show up in PowerBI.
I can download the data from ADLS and confirm that new columns are present.
What am I missing?
There is a few things you can check:
can you see the new columns in the power query editor? try a go a few steps back in transform history.
fx. Sometimes if you "expand" a column it will not add new columns and you will need to add those afterwards ie. do the expand-transform again.
btw. the "Refresh All" in the power query editor is only refreshing the example data.
if you see the data in the power query editor, try and hit refresh in the pbi editor.
if there is no data in the power query editor. use another tool to look at the source to confirm that the data i actually present in the stream that pbi has access to.
I was wondering if the bookmarks captures a snapshot of the data? For example, if the datasource updates the data, will that be reflected in the bookmark or would it display the chart based on the dataset at the time the bookmark was created?
Thanks,
Derek
Power BI Embedded bookmarks, as well as Power BI bookmarks in powerbi.com, do not capture the data itself rather the visual & report configurations that manipulate the data.
Bookmarks contain visual locations & visibility, filter state & navigation between report pages.
This way you can keep the data updated and refreshable.