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I have installed the latest Power BI Desktop as well as th latest DAX Studio however the External Tools Ribbon is still missing. Any ideas?
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Hi @mattao44 ,
You don't have external tools in Power Bi Desktop by default, you need to register the the tool in Desktop. Please follow the tutorial:
https://docs.microsoft.com/zh-cn/power-bi/create-reports/desktop-external-tools#dax-studio
This is a link to related content, I hope it will help you:
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/External-Tools-Missing-from-Ribbon/m-p/1240049
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/External-tool-ribbon/m-p/1390875
Best Regards,
Liu Yang
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Have you tried Downloading the Business Ops program and downloading those tools from there? Here..
Hi @mattao44 ,
You don't have external tools in Power Bi Desktop by default, you need to register the the tool in Desktop. Please follow the tutorial:
https://docs.microsoft.com/zh-cn/power-bi/create-reports/desktop-external-tools#dax-studio
This is a link to related content, I hope it will help you:
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/External-Tools-Missing-from-Ribbon/m-p/1240049
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/External-tool-ribbon/m-p/1390875
Best Regards,
Liu Yang
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Hi @mattao44
This should not be a case. Please share your screen shot.
Also, There is a newver version available in march. you may want to update to it.
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