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MP_123
Microsoft Employee
10 years ago

downgrade version

hi im having a lot of problems sincr i updated power bi report to May 2016 (399&601) is it possible to downgrade and open the pbix files with old version? pbi telling me that the reports need to b...
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Anonymous
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10 years ago

ankitpatira Are you sure about this? I've seen many threads where people have reverted back by downloading the previous version. I can understand maybe if you create a report in the new version it may have some elements not compatible with the old one and break like OP said. I can test this out, but I'm in the middle of building an infographic that is taking a really long time and don't want to break it :)

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ankitpatira
Community Champion
10 years ago

Anonymous from where can you download older version ?

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    Anonymous
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    10 years ago

    ankitpatira Your downloads folder on your local machine, or wherever you placed the packages when you downloaded them initially.

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      ankitpatira
      Community Champion
      10 years ago

      Anonymous thank you, yes if you've saved previous installs then you have ability to reinstall previous version. I was more referrign to the way you can roll back if you don't have previous installer saved.