Analytics Pane not working in Developer mode?

[WouterBo]

Hi,

When using the PowerBI Service with the developer visual:

any analytics lines I have added to the analytics pane do not work anymore:

If I build the custom visual, or take it from my organisational visuals it does work, but I cannot properly debug any changes that way. Anyone have a solution for that?

Thanks,

Wouter

[v-rzhou-msft]

Hi @WouterBo ,

Developer mode is used for testing packaged updates to custom visuals that are already published in AppSource, as Power BI always serves the published version of a known visual by default.

This switch temporarily overrides that and allows developers to confirm new functionality is packaged correctly prior to submission.

When testing or updating a visual that is already published, make sure you're using the correct version of the visual without changing the GUID. To override the AppSource version with a local file version, enable Developer mode in either Power BI Desktop, or Power BI service.

For reference:

Test a Power BI custom visual before submitting it for publication

And please make sure the environement has been configured correctly.

Set up your environment for developing a Power BI visual

You may refer to this blog to learn more about how to add Analyticss pane in custom visual.

Best Regards,
Rico Zhou

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[WouterBo]

Perhaps I should have made clear that I am a developer (which is why I posted in this sub forum).

I use the developer mode to be able to run custom visuals that I am currently developing. It allows me to use debugging tools to debug my code.

My problem is that previously I was able to create a custom visual that has the Analytics Pane. However, while in developer mode the Analytics pane no longer appears. This seems like a bug. It only appears after I build the custom visual, but that does not allow me to debug the code.