Dataflow-based Datasets in service

[richard_mcmast1]

The dataflows product is potentially very useful - I especially like the idea of being able to append historical data to incrementally refreshed data. However, one major drawback is the fact that in order to use a dataflow in a dataset, you have to download it to the desktop, and then upload it back to the service once you've completed your data model. It would be great if you only had to use the preview version of the dataflow in desktop, or even better, if you could do all modelling, DAX etc. completely within the service. If there are workarounds for this I'd love to hear them.

[s_conti]

I vote for this !

It seems strange the need to use PBI desktop to connect to dataflow and then upload a "semantic model" (ex "dataset") back to the service.

[Michael4]

Hi. This is still a much needed feature. Hard to work with Power BI from Mac, where you cant use the desktop app