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    Change to a Live connection to the Power BI Service in existing Power BI Desktop file

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    Paula on 16 Sep 2017 06:55:33

    It's great to have the live connection to Power BI Service but it only works on new blank file of Power BI Desktop :(
    It would be VERY useful for existing Power BI Desktop files! Deleting all existing data sources and then connect to the online dataset (previously published, of course).
    This way, we can conserve the reports and use the product more efficiently.

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    Josh Knight on 06 Jul 2020 00:08:04

    RE: Change to a Live connection to the Power BI Service in existing Power BI Desktop file

    This can be accomplished by deleting your original power query and connecting to a live connection data source via "get data"