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Customize the Data Source Page

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The data source page can show a lot of fields at once. View settings tune how that list is displayed — without changing the data source itself. The settings are local: they only affect what you see while editing this data source in this browser.

Open view settings #

On the create or edit form, select the gear icon next to the search box at the top of the entities area.

view settings 01 popover

Available options #

  • Table visibility — quick buttons to expand or collapse every entity panel at once.
  • Table sorting — either the default order (the order the SAP service exposes entities) or Selected first (entities you’ve ticked appear at the top).
  • Field detailsShow technical name reveals the raw OData property name in parentheses under each field; Show type adds the EDM type.

Effect on the field list #

With both Show technical name and Show type enabled, each field is rendered with three lines: display label, (TechnicalName), and (Edm.Type).

view settings 02 with name and type

View settings change only the rendering. The technical name and type are always sent to Power BI regardless of these toggles; you just see less or more of them in the editor.

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