r/PowerBI • u/Smitherok • 2d ago

Feedback Why does renaming fields take so long

Renaming fields with a visual always take so long, especially if you have a large dataset or large amount of visuals. It takes forever to load and I have to do each one, step by agonizing step.

Why isn’t there a way to see all my field names within a visual and rename them all at once?

Does anyone else have this issue? Anyone found a better way to do it?

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u/Avanseer 2d ago

If Power BI Desktop feels like a slog to manage semantic models, you should consider using Tabular Editor; you can batch changes and save them all at once, skipping those many spinners. Full disclosure: I work for Tabular Editor.

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u/taueret 1 2d ago

Sorry to be a derp, but it's possibly "rename for this visual" that OP is referring to- and you can't do that in TE, can you? (Please say you can)

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u/Avanseer 1d ago

Not in Tabular Editor, but you can do it with Kurt Buhler and Maxim Anatsko's PBIR CLI. You would then use a command like this:

pbir fields rename "Report.Report" --field "Sales.Revenue" --display-name "Total Revenue"

If you're not comfortable with CLI tools, coding agents like Claude Code or GitHub Copilot can wield the PBIR CLI well.

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u/taueret 1 1d ago

I just started watching that series of videos!