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lucianosb
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Can Power BI use R and R Studio from Anaconda?

Is it possible to use Power BI with the R and R Studio that comes with Anaconda data science platform? 

 

I tried to point the R installation to C:\Users\my_user\Anaconda3\R but I get an error that prompts me to verify if R is installed correctly whenever I try to run a R Visual.

 

 

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Anonymous
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hey i am having the same problem , powerBI is not able to detect my anaconda R installation even after giving the path. Did you solve this issue??

Greg_Deckler
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Are you referring to this?

 

https://anaconda.org/r/rstudio

 

And what installer did you use?



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Yes, that one!

 

I'm using the full Anaconda 4.3 distribution, with Python 3, and installed R Studio through the Anaconda Navigator.

I was able to replicate that. Strange.



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I ended up installing R regularly on my machine and it worked as it should. However, when I switch to the Anaconda R through the Power BI Settings, I still get that error.

 

Perhaps I should fill this as an issue?

You could, but I am wondering if when installing R through Anaconda it isn't doing something that it is supposed to do. Perhaps a PATH issue or a registry setting? Power BI is detecting my R installations somehow but it does not detect R installed through Anaconda.



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Im facing similer issue with Python thorugh anaconda.. the python scripts and visuals in power bi keep faliling .. and only error im getting is python script failed to run ... any ideas on how i can further debug this ?

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