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rnoyce
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8 years ago

Q&A does not appear in published app

I've recently upgraded from SQL Server 2014 to 2016, including SSAS 2016 Tabular cubes.  I am now able to use the Q&A functionality within my workspace, as well as App workspaces, having set the data...
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Anonymous
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8 years ago

I am experiencing this also

 

I have  Q&A Working in the App Space but not in the Published version of the app  - The Q&A  Dialog appears in the Published app with some of the Columns and Measures  but it is not Functional  nothing you type or select returns a result.

 

Any update or guidance on this?

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GilbertQ
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8 years ago
From my understanding Apps currently do not have Q&A because an App is a read only copy of existing dashboards and reports. By having Q&A that would then allow them to make changes to the current App (which is read only)?
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    Anonymous
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    8 years ago

    Thanks for the upate, i can see what you are saying makes sence techincally as you can pin the result of the Q&A back to the dashboard.

     

    But Q&A  is geat for allowing folks to query and visualize data them selves without you having to stage the chart  inside the report or dashboard.  As appsis the "Prefered" way of sharing  he reports and dashboards, does that mean tha Q&A is only seen as a authoring Tool?

     

    If so I think that is a mistake

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      GilbertQ
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      8 years ago
      Q&A is for when dashboards are getting created. Whilst an App is read only which is what some organizations require for end users.
      • Anonymous's avatar
        Anonymous
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        8 years ago

        I understand what you are saying. 

         

        I only have a couple to things to say - then I'll shut up.

         

        • If what you say is true, then dont show the Q&A Dialog in the distrbuted App, its very confusing and levae the impression that the app is not working 
        • I think there is a intermediate scenario (which maybe exists but I a Missing it)  - its true that we dont want users to CHANGE the distributed app, But I have no problems with the audience taking that and adding thier own views of that data. We have many dimension and attributes and we cannnot and will not create visualizations for.  If we could leverage the Power of Q&A for people to be able to Say  Show me X by Y as a MAP for County A, and have that as local personal  view , that would be awesome