Boris Lipschitz on 08 Sep 2015 10:25:40
Currently, when excel file is loaded to Power BI, the absolute filepath is captured in the M query. It would be nice if relative filepath was supported. Thus we could place excel file next to pbix and not worry about the file location (local machine, shared folder on server or onedrive)
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RE: Support relative path to excel/csv sources
This function should really be implemented, it's stopping a lot of reports to get published with automatic refresh....
RE: Support relative path to excel/csv sources
I started with Power BI and was disappointed to learn you can't use relative paths :-(
RE: Support relative path to excel/csv sources
Absolutely necessary function to improve code reliability.
RE: Support relative path to excel/csv sources
Still no solution (with poxer query or python) ? I just need when move PBIX file the next refresh take files sources in PBIX file location
RE: Support relative path to excel/csv sources
Just ran into needing to use this today!
RE: Support relative path to excel/csv sources
It really is a shame that this i not available yet after 8 years and thousands of votes.
RE: Support relative path to excel/csv sources
Please add this feature!
RE: Support relative path to excel/csv sources
Hitting this limitation in the case of pbix referncing xlsx on Sharepoint/OneDrive, and it's frustrating.
RE: Support relative path to excel/csv sources
8 years after the first request, still not implemented.
RE: Support relative path to excel/csv sources
Very shocked to know this is not supported!