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7 years ago
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PowerBI desktop column type icon missing in Query tab

Hello people   Quite new to PowerBI as I had basic training just in the tool. Once I installed the latest update Microsoft had in November and even before, I noticed that the Query tab had missing ...
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    v-lili6-msft
    7 years ago

    hi, Anonymous

    These are two different areas  for power bi

    first picture is Data View area, where you could modeling your data.

    the second picture is Power Query area, which is like to Excel, is for clean and shape data.

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    when you open power bi desktop, you are in Data View.

    You could click HOME->Edit Queries to get into Query Editor.

    Also, you could click HOME-> Close&Apply to get to the Data View from the Query Editor.

     

    201811306

     

    By the way, Here are the official documents for you learn

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/desktop-what-is-desktop

     

    Best Regards,

    Lin

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Anonymous
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7 years ago

Okay, how would one get to the Data View from the Query Editor I'm on now?

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v-lili6-msft
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7 years ago

hi, Anonymous

These are two different areas  for power bi

first picture is Data View area, where you could modeling your data.

the second picture is Power Query area, which is like to Excel, is for clean and shape data.

201811305

 

when you open power bi desktop, you are in Data View.

You could click HOME->Edit Queries to get into Query Editor.

Also, you could click HOME-> Close&Apply to get to the Data View from the Query Editor.

 

201811306

 

By the way, Here are the official documents for you learn

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/desktop-what-is-desktop

 

Best Regards,

Lin