A source column was renamed and the published model's scheduled refresh now fails. How would you fix it safely?

Instruction: Use an actual renamed field only if you can explain its downstream dependencies. This answer describes a PBIX workflow; newer web-modeling and Direct Lake schema tools have different capabilities.

Context: Treats schema drift as a dependency and meaning problem, includes security regressions, and verifies both the repaired model and published refresh.

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I'd confirm the source change and find every dependency on that column before editing the model. The impact can include Power Query steps, measures, relationships, RLS expressions and report visuals...

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