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AlexEveritt
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4 years ago
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Adding/Editing Data

Hi, I'm new to PowerBI so do excuse me if this is a dumb question. I've noticed in previous versions of PowerBI that adding data or editing data is easy. Clicking the table icon and then doing what ...
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  • Tutu_in_YYC's avatar
    Tutu_in_YYC
    4 years ago

    Click file ( refer picture) and click "Download this file".

     

    Once downloaded, open that file, it should have extension .pbix. Then Power BI desktop will load. 


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Tutu_in_YYC
Super User
4 years ago

Hi Alex,
Welcome to PowerBI! So you cannot edit data/transformation on Power BI service. You have to do that in Power BI Desktop. It is a program that you may have installed on your computer.

In Power BI desktop, you will have access to Power Query for transformation ( adding removing columns etc) and edit the relationships and data model.

In Power BI service (browser), you can only edit visuals.

Hope this helps!

  • AlexEveritt's avatar
    AlexEveritt
    Frequent Visitor
    4 years ago

    Yes I have the desktop app. But i'm still unsure how to do this. Cannot find power query either. Any help? 

     

    • Tutu_in_YYC's avatar
      Tutu_in_YYC
      Super User
      4 years ago

      Click file ( refer picture) and click "Download this file".

       

      Once downloaded, open that file, it should have extension .pbix. Then Power BI desktop will load. 


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        AlexEveritt
        Frequent Visitor
        4 years ago

        Ahh, I thought I had Power BI Desktop but it was just the free app version - feel like an idiot but also feel like the multiple variations of Power BI are a bit confusing and misleading. None the less, I'm off and away. Thanks for your help!