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Anonymous
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PowerBI throwing DataSource: ADO.NET Rcpp 0.12.2 is being loaded but >= 12.6 required

Hi all,

I completely understand the error, but the package I have installed in R is 0.12.12. Is there a way PowerBI keeps using the old version I potentially had installed before? How to change it? Full error:

 

 

DataSource.Error: ADO.NET: R script error.
Error: package or namespace load failed for 'dplyr' in loadNamespace(j <- i[[1L]], c(lib.loc, .libPaths()), versionCheck = vI[[j]]):
namespace 'Rcpp' 0.12.2 is being loaded, but >= 0.12.6 is required
Execution halted

Details:
DataSourceKind=R
DataSourcePath=R
Message=R script error.
Error: package or namespace load failed for &#39;dplyr&#39; in loadNamespace(j &lt;- i[[1L]], c(lib.loc, .libPaths()), versionCheck = vI[[j]]):
namespace &#39;Rcpp&#39; 0.12.2 is being loaded, but &gt;= 0.12.6 is required
Execution halted

ErrorCode=-2147467259
ExceptionType=Microsoft.PowerBI.Radio.RScriptRuntimeException

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Anonymous
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I face the same problem with dplyr package. Were you able to solve this ?

vladimirkocic
Frequent Visitor

I have exactly the same issue, even though for days it worked, until yesterday.

Did you even manage to solve it? 

Anonymous
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@Anonymous,

There are some proposals for your troubleshooting this issue.

1. Write some codes that is using the 'dplyr' , then check if the code works in R Studio.

2. Make sure that  you are using the latest version of Power BI Desktop, and R home directories is configured correctly in Power BI Desktop.
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3. Remove the 'Rcpp' package and re-install it, then reboot your machine and check if the issue still occurs.

Regards,
Lydia

Anonymous
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Done all of it. It looks like PowerBI does not like some versions of some packages. Spoke to Microsoft, they are working on upgrading R engine along with hundreds of new packages to be available and the old packages updated to new versions. 6 weeks roughly.

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