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i have power BI desk top August, 2018 installed, however it does not have preivew features, can anyone help explain this?
thanks
Did you turn the Preview features on? File | Options and settings | Options | Preview features. Or are you saying that when you go there you don't see any?
this is what i see.
Hi @Sanny,
Which version you test? Download version, store version or optimized for Power BI Report Server version?
I test with download and store versions and works well, I think you are using report server optimized version, right?
If that is a case, that is a specific version which optimized for report server. Due to performance and stable reasons, I think power bi team may remove unstable preview features from original version.
Regards,
Xiaoxin Sheng
if you can explain the limitation and advantanges for each of them: version Download version, store version or optimized for Power BI Report Server version, that will be greate.
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