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User100
New Member
9 years ago
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Why do custom visuals need a network connection?

Try this.   1) Create a PowerBI desktop document with at least 1 custom visualization. 2) Save it. 3) Close PowerBI. 4) Turn-off your network connection. 5) Launch the previously created PowerB...
  • Greg_Deckler's avatar
    Greg_Deckler
    9 years ago

    Hmm, I wonder if it is not that custom visuals necessarily require an Internet connection but that a lot of custom visuals utilize external libraries like JQuery, etc. that are perhaps referenced versus embedded in the code?

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liewgm
Frequent Visitor
9 years ago

Thanks Herbert.

 

I have reverted to version 2.37 for now.

 

Regards

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v-haibl-msft
Microsoft Employee
9 years ago

Hi All,

 

This fix was not included in the October Desktop Release, and it will be available in the November Desktop Release. Please check it later.

 

Best Regards,

Herbert

  • fbeekvel's avatar
    fbeekvel
    Frequent Visitor
    9 years ago

    Looking forward to this fix as well, I'm currently at a client site without any internet access and was hoping to use some custom visuals.