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zapppsr
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9 years ago
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App Workspace vs App Itself

Hi guys:   I'm starting to use Apps and App Workspace in Power BI. They are separate things but are the same, right?     My problem is the following:   When you create an App (Base...
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    v-sihou-msft
    8 years ago

    zapppsr

     

    For App, you can regard it like a content pack at entire app workspace (which is called "Group" workspace earlier) level. When you republish your .pbix, the dataset will be updated into workspace. But it you have layout change in report, you have to update the App, like you need to update the content pack before.

     

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v-sihou-msft
Microsoft Employee
8 years ago

zapppsr

 

For App, you can regard it like a content pack at entire app workspace (which is called "Group" workspace earlier) level. When you republish your .pbix, the dataset will be updated into workspace. But it you have layout change in report, you have to update the App, like you need to update the content pack before.

 

Regards,

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kevsherm
Frequent Visitor
8 years ago

Hi v-sihou-msft, when you say "dataset will be updated into the workspace" do you mean just the App workspace or the published app as well? My experience has been that a change in the dataset will be reflected in both the published App and the App workspace. Or is it the terminology I am using? It isnt readily apparent that datasets are only managed in the workspace and changes automatically flow through to apps regardless if they are updated or not. 

 

Thanks