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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
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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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