Skip to main content
cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

Earn the coveted Fabric Analytics Engineer certification. 100% off your exam for a limited time only!

Reply
tinadouglass51
Advocate I
Advocate I

PowerBI 101 question

Hi,

 

I am new to Power BI.  We have a power bi app that was done by a consultant using Project Online as the start.  Also our project online administrator has added a couple custom fields.  I copied the Power BI app to my desktop.  When opening at it, I do have a message "There are pending changes in your query that have not been applied".  I am assuming if I accept these, they will only apply to my local version and unless I do a publish, everything will be unaffected from the original one I copied.

 

Please confirm.  

 

1 ACCEPTED SOLUTION
v-yingjl
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @tinadouglass51 ,

Power bi dekstop is a local application for developers, all actions you do will just effect in your local position before you publish it to power bi service for further investigation.

 

Best Regards,

Yingjie Li

 

If this post helps then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

 

View solution in original post

3 REPLIES 3
v-yingjl
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @tinadouglass51 ,

Power bi dekstop is a local application for developers, all actions you do will just effect in your local position before you publish it to power bi service for further investigation.

 

Best Regards,

Yingjie Li

 

If this post helps then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

 

Greg_Deckler
Super User
Super User

Correct, if you are in Desktop and refresh the data it only affects the local copy.

 


@ me in replies or I'll lose your thread!!!
Instead of a Kudo, please vote for this idea
Become an expert!: Enterprise DNA
External Tools: MSHGQM
YouTube Channel!: Microsoft Hates Greg
Latest book!:
Mastering Power BI 2nd Edition

DAX is easy, CALCULATE makes DAX hard...
amitchandak
Super User
Super User

Unless publish, copy is local

 

Also Refer: https://powerbi.tips/2017/08/best-practices-for-sharing/

 

Helpful resources

Announcements
April AMA free

Microsoft Fabric AMA Livestream

Join us Tuesday, April 09, 9:00 – 10:00 AM PST for a live, expert-led Q&A session on all things Microsoft Fabric!

March Fabric Community Update

Fabric Community Update - March 2024

Find out what's new and trending in the Fabric Community.