Refreshing data in Power BI

Question

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?

Answer 1

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.