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Build Visuals pane missing - Power BI Desktop
With the option enabled the build visuals pane no longer exists. You can now add visuals from the Home tab.
For future visitors to this thread, I would like to add this information (this issue came up on a training course today).
If you have the "On Object Interaction" Preview feature turned on (March 2023, but possibly a month or two later to reach this stage), you will find an icon on the View menu called Pane switcher. The pane switcher is a narrow strip down the right hand side with icons for each display pane available and this icon controls how it works. Simply tick "Move Build a visual to pane switcher" and the option will become available.
If this option is not ticked, Build a visual is tied to the visual itself (not a popular location according to the feedback). The other item under the Pane switcher icon is "Always show pane switcher"; I always tick both items: together they make the Preview feature workable.
Also remember you can Ctrl-click on the icons in the pane switcher strip to bring up panes side-by-side, e.g. Build a Visual and Data. Another step towards making the feature useable.
The Ctrl-click tip has saved me. I don't understand why the panes keep disappearing and I have to keep reopening them. I wish there was some way of pinning them open but at least the CTRL-click has saved a few clicks.
Thanks