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How to display datasets on PowerBI for Desktop?
kmob A data set in the Service is the data source, reports, metadata, etc contained in the PBIX. To confuse the issue, it could also just be a data source if you directly connect from the Service.
Datasets are not a 1 to 1 match between the Service and the Desktop - this may help out a bit in explaining it further. Look under the "Understanding data refresh" section.
Anonymous thanks for the response but I am not sure If I was clear...
So we created this datasets with the powerBI API, so within our java program, we have one json and we created the dataset online folowing the api instructions (obtain token and post data).
The problem is that we can see this dataset in PowerBI online but we cannot see this in powerBI for Desktop. Why? and how can we see this data?
thanks
v-sihou-msftMicrosoft Employee
Since you have already create a dataset on Power BI, you can create a report based on this dataset, then download a .pbix copy of this report. The dataset will be imported into the .pbix file.
Regards,
v-sihou-msft ok thank you!!
but why when I log in into powerBI online I can see my datasets and when I login into powerBI for Desktop I can't see them?
Should not be synchronized these 2 things? I mean I can save it and import like you told me , but I have already created dataset on MY ACCOUNT, so I should be able to see the same datasets and reports and table online and also on Desktop app.
Doesn't have more sense to have it like this?- v-sihou-msft
When login in Power BI Desktop, it's just for publishing the report onto Power BI service. We can't directly view the published content within Power BI Desktop since it's just a design tool.
Regards,
v-sihou-msft I do not see that download report option on any of my reports. Is this some preview feature that hasn't been rolled out to all users yet?
- v-sihou-msft
Anonymous
Currently, only new created and published reports have this option. For those old published reports, this option is greyed out.
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