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Hi - I have a number of client folders each containing a pbix file. The pbix is in turn linked to a data source file (.xlsx) located in the same folder as the pbix. All pbix files are identical and the source files are also of identical format.
Currently when I set up a new client folder I have to open the pbix and update a parameter so that it pulls in data into the current folder. This works but is manual and therefore not ideal.
Is there a way my pbix can identify its own path/location? then I can just set up the data source in the pbix to be /localfolder/standarddatafile.xlsx
(I know Excel has a simple VBA function that does this i.e. SourceFilename = ThisWorkbook.FullName. So maybe not a stretch of the imagination for PowerBI to do the same)
Any help would be appreciated
Thank you
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@MarcosT100 I don';t think there is anything like excel but please add this as an idea, hopefully there will be enough votes so that we can have this feature some point of time.
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@MarcosT100 I don';t think there is anything like excel but please add this as an idea, hopefully there will be enough votes so that we can have this feature some point of time.
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Hi and thanks for your reply
There is a similar idea floating around at https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/9665565-support-relative-path-to-...
I have voted for it so maybe it will happen in the future at some point
Regards
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