Skip to main content
cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

Earn the coveted Fabric Analytics Engineer certification. 100% off your exam for a limited time only!

Reply
lreese68
Employee
Employee

Change Datasource in Power Bi Service

I realize this isn't suppose to be possible, however I have been promped with the below numerous times, I cannot figure out why or why not this does not come up under settings?

PowerBI.gif

5 REPLIES 5
v-eqin-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @lreese68 ,

 

Sorry, I could not even find "Change data source" option. Could you share with me that you said in previous post?

 

Best Regards,
Eyelyn Qin

lreese68
Employee
Employee

I'm looking to change the Datasource in a Power BI Report, not necessarily the Dataset. 

Hi @lreese68 ,

 

To my knowledge, changing dataset of a report is not possible through service. Only way is to use pbix file in power bi desktop change source and then re-publish.

 

Best Regards,
Eyelyn Qin

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

I have heard that as well, but I can prove that's not true. 

GilbertQ
Super User
Super User

Hi @lreese68 


This is not possible via the report settings, but you can do this via parameters


Please see my blog post below to see if this helps

 

Using the Power BI Service Parameters to change connection strings (To possibly change between Dev, ...





Did I answer your question? Mark my post as a solution!

Proud to be a Super User!







Power BI Blog

Helpful resources

Announcements
April AMA free

Microsoft Fabric AMA Livestream

Join us Tuesday, April 09, 9:00 – 10:00 AM PST for a live, expert-led Q&A session on all things Microsoft Fabric!

March Fabric Community Update

Fabric Community Update - March 2024

Find out what's new and trending in the Fabric Community.

Top Solution Authors
Top Kudoed Authors