Connect dashboard to updated report

[mbegg]

Hi, 

I built a report in Desktop and Published it to Power BI Service, where I created a dashboard. I made some simple edits to the report within Service, then downloaded the .pbix file and made further edits in Desktop.

I then re-published the report to the Service.

How do I repoint the dashboard to the new version of the report?

I have tried re-publishing the report with the same file name as the original report, but Power BI doesn't recognise they are the same. I end up with 2 reports with the same file name in the Service.

Thanks in advance? 

[GilbertQ]

Hi @mbegg

When you upload the report, it actually is stored with a GUID of some type, so that is possibly why it does not link back to the dashboard.

One option is to just go into your new report and link the items back into your existing dashboard and delete the ones not working.

Another option is to go into your uploaded report and copy the link for the page that your dashboard item is from.

Then go into the properties for your dashboard tile, and where it says Custom URL put in the URL?

[mbegg]

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link the items back into your existing dashboard 

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@GilbertQ do you mean re-pin each page/tile to the dashboard? Or to put it another way, to rebuild the entire dashboard because I have changed the underlying report? 

[GilbertQ]

Hi @mbegg

One option is to re-create the Dashboard tiles, by re-pininng them all.

Another option is to use the Set Custom Link. And to get the link you would go into your report and copy the URL from there.

NOTE: Each report page will have a different "ReportSection" depending on which page you are on.

[mbegg]

@GilbertQ I am keen to avoid re-creating the dahsboard so tried option 2. 

Two issues:

1. The option to set custom link is greyed out if I have pinned a live page to the dashboard. 
2. I can do what you suggest if I have pinned a tile. If I click on the tile from the dashboard, it will go to the updated report per the link, but the tile on the dashboard doesn't display the KPI value from the updated report. It still shows the value from the old report. 

[v-ljerr-msft]

Hi @mbegg,

I would suggest you add this as an idea on Power BI Ideas to improve Power BI on this feature. 

Regards

[mbegg]

@v-ljerr-msft thank you for the suggestion

[GilbertQ]

Hi @mbegg

Ok if it was a live page pinned, then you will have to pin it again to the same Dashboard.

Likewise because the original dashboard tile was linked to the older report, it will not update. So your only solution is to re-pin it all from the new report unfortunately.