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Where is Analytics Forecasting
It was upgraded from a Preview option to General Availability in the November 2016 release: "With this [November] release, the feature is generally available to everyone, so you no longer need to enable it through the Options dialog. " - see https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-desktop-november-feature-summary/#forecasting
Hi Steven,
I cannot seem to be able to find this feature in either Desktop BI or Online BI. How do i get to the Forecast Feature.
Here is what i see in Desktop and Online BI
Aside from the video on that Microsoft blog, there are various guides to using forecasting around. Here's one: http://databear.com/2016/10/07/forecasting-in-power-bi/
I don't get why people don't google this stuff. The amount of time it takes to sign in to the forum and post and they could have already found an answer.
Hi dkay84.
Yes, i did google where to find it and watched all of the tutorial. I spent almost 3 hours trying to find how to enable this feature. I finally decided to posting in the forum as a last resort.
Trust me, i would prefer not to waste my time or anyone else's signing in and posting when i can just as easily google it. However, that has not worked out.
If you have any helpful suggestions on how to enable this feature, it would be greatly appreciated.
Hi Steven,
I have followed the instructions in this like several times but still no success.
I have done this over and over. Its simply not visible.
File > options and setting > options > preview features > tick Forecasting > click ok > restart Power BI desktop
There is no tick box with Forecasting on the preview features screen. Please see attached screenshot.
- As the second post in this thread said, it is no longer a preview feature and thus you don't need to enable it.
I am on mobile at the moment so i cant check but it is either on the analytics pane for the line chart visual or if you click on the three dots in the upper right corner of the visual.
