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CodyThomas
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Unable to turn on Personalize visuals with git-integrated PBIR files

Our team is unable to turn on the report setting Personalize visuals now that we've converted our pbix and pbit files to the new PBIR files and adopted git-integrated workspaces.  We've tried to hard-code the personalizeVisuals property in the definition report.json file, and tried removing the localSettings file from .gitignore (see below).  These changes result in a failure to sync branch updates in the workspace.  Git recognizes the changes, but VS Code warns the personalizeVisuals property is not allowed.  Attempting to turn on the Personalize visuals setting directly in the git-integrated workspace does not save and triggers a warning from the workspace that Preview features have some limitations.  Unfortunately, the MS documentation for PBIR limitations does not reference the Personalize visuals setting.  Has anyone else encountered this issue?  Does the community have any suggestions?  Thank you in advance.

report.json adds:
"settings":{

    "personalizeVisuals": true
}

.gitignore deletes:
**/.pbi/localSettings.json
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Anonymous
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Thanks for the reply from lbendlin , please allow me to provide another insight:
Hi, @CodyThomas 

     Has the problem been solved? If it does, share your solution and accept it as a solution that will help other community members who have the same problem as you.

Best Regards,

Leroy Lu

lbendlin
Super User
Super User

That sounds like a serious omission.  If you have a Pro license you can open a Pro ticket at https://admin.powerplatform.microsoft.com/newsupportticket/powerbi
Otherwise you can raise an issue at https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Issues/idb-p/Issues .

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