Power BI Desktop release notes

[Anonymous]

I downloaded the latest Desktop from MS website. Where can I see the release notes for a download? I would like to see fixes and enhancements made in each release.

[Greg_Deckler · Accepted solution]

This blog will give you the, yes you read that correctly, WEEKLY service updates to Power BI:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powerbi/

They also post information about the monthly Desktop updates.

Also, if you go here:

https://support.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi

You can sort by things that have been completed, started, etc.

Not sure if there is a typical "release notes" as we are generally used to seeing, I think that the sheer pace of development sort of precludes that much work going into releases, which I personally am fine with, I'd rather have the new features and bug fixes sooner rather later; waiting for them to create a more robust release package.

[ThomasDay]

@Greg_Deckler I'm all for faster as well.  I did submit a couple of "frowns" where my model crashed pretty hard.  A Microsoft person, Katarzyna Szymanska, said to check release notes but I have no idea how to get at a granular level or what to look for (see the stack trace below)  I guess I can try it out each month but if anyone has a window into the fixes that we mortals can read, let me know.  

Thanks!

Tom

Stack Trace:

System.ApplicationException: We are encountering problems. Please close and restart Power BI Desktop.

   at Microsoft.PowerBI.Client.Windows.MainWindow.<.ctor>b__3(EventArgsBase args)

   at Microsoft.Practices.Prism.PubSubEvents.EventSubscription`1.<>c__DisplayClass2.<GetExecutionStrategy>b__0(Object[] arguments)

   at Microsoft.Practices.Prism.PubSubEvents.EventBase.InternalPublish(Object[] arguments)

   at Microsoft.PowerBI.Client.Windows.Services.EventAggregationService.<>c__DisplayClass9`2.<PublishInternal>b__8()

   at Microsoft.Mashup.Host.Document.ExceptionHandlerExtensions.HandleExceptions(IExceptionHandler exceptionHandler, Action action)

Invocation Stack Trace:

[Anonymous]

@ThomasDay Saw this, interjecting some things I recently saw pertaining to this. There are a couple support pages now that list out the detailed updates rather than the blog

Service

Desktop

but neither of those has anything to do with release notes that identify known bugs or issues that people may be having, so... that's a really odd response.

From my understanding they are working on making error messaging better, but I can't really add more detail than that generic response.

[ThomasDay]

@Anonymous Thanks--yes, these are all good resources.  And frankly--they're working at a breakneck speed so that's really the key.  It would be a bonus to have some bug fix granularit--but truthfully that would likely be nutty to try to decipher.  The stack trace shows how quickly things become internal mechanics versus symptoms and user issues.

Thanks,

Tom