Forum Discussion

Anonymous's avatar
Anonymous
Not applicable
4 years ago
Solved

Power Query editor not opening

In the PowerBI desktop app when clicking "Transform Data" the power query editor does not show up. On the taskbar I can see there is a window open for power query editor but when I click on the window, it does not show up.

  • Hi Anonymous ,

     

    Have you tried to re-start your Power BI?

    if still happening, have you tried to re-install the power bi?

     

    Hope this helps.

     

11 Replies

  • mussaenda's avatar
    mussaenda
    Community Champion

    Hi Anonymous ,

     

    Have you tried to re-start your Power BI?

    if still happening, have you tried to re-install the power bi?

     

    Hope this helps.

     

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable

      Hey, same happening to me, however I am not being able to solve it. tried re-installing a few times. any other tip - you did it via MS Store?

      • Anonymous's avatar
        Anonymous
        Not applicable

        I am running into the same problem as before and unable to solve it. Were you able to find a solution?

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable

    Thank you mussaenda and Anonymous for your help and responses. I was able to re-install to get the issue to go away. 

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable

    Hi Anonymous ,

     

    It seems that I could not reproduce your issue on my side with version ——2.103.881.0 64-bit (March 2022)

     

    Did you follow mussaenda 's suggestion to restart PBI or restart your machine ?

    And please always use the latest version of PBI to avoid unexpected error.

     

     

    Best Regards,
    Eyelyn Qin
    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable

      I am running into the same problem as before and unable to fix it by uninstalling or restarting my computer. 

  • I initially tried multiple files and repeated the issue on all of the files, now I am using a brand new PowerBI file with nothing in it and I get the same issue. You can see when I hover over the task bar Icon I can see the Power Query Editor trying to open, but it never does.

     

    ver


    So far:
    -Cleared Cache

     

     

    -Restarted PC
    -Uninstalled and Reinstalled Power BI (Version: 2.124.2028.0 64-bit (December 2023)


    Session Diagnostics:
    Feedback Type:

    Frown (Error)

     

    Timestamp:

    2024-02-02T12:27:19.9519693Z

     

    Local Time:

    2024-02-02T07:27:19.9519693-05:00

     

    Session ID:

    ce5813d4-a0ea-4ec7-8c1a-84b9802c1fd7

     

    Release:

    December 2023

     

    Product Version:

    2.124.2028.0 (23.12) (x64)

     

    OS Version:

    Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.19045.0 (x64 en-US)

     

    CLR Version:

    4.8 or later [Release Number = 528372]

     

    Peak Virtual Memory:

    70.4 GB

     

    Private Memory:

    715 MB

     

    Peak Working Set:

    1.03 GB

     

    IE Version:

    11.3636.19041.0

     

    User ID:

    108d57d4-a883-4f65-acd0-82016804285c

     

    Workbook Package Info:

    1* - en-US, Query Groups: 0, fastCombine: Disabled, runBackgroundAnalysis: True.

     

    Telemetry Enabled:

    True

     

    Snapshot Trace Logs:

    C:\Users\szvtbm\Microsoft\Power BI Desktop Store App\FrownSnapShot0a745ae1-a6d5-485d-ad1f-ee4f9a9125f0.zip

     

    Model Default Mode:

    Empty

     

    Model Version:

    PowerBI_V1

     

    Performance Trace Logs:

    C:\Users\szvtbm\Microsoft\Power BI Desktop Store App\PerformanceTraces.zip

     

    Enabled Preview Features:

    PBI_sparklines

    PBI_scorecardVisual

    PBI_NlToDax

    PBI_fieldParametersSuperSwitch

    PBI_setLabelOnExportPdf

    PBI_dynamicFormatString

    PBI_oneDriveSave

    PBI_oneDriveShare

    PBI_newCard

    PBI_buttonSlicerAuthoring

     

    Disabled Preview Features:

    PBI_shapeMapVisualEnabled

    PBI_SpanishLinguisticsEnabled

    PBI_qnaLiveConnect

    PBI_b2bExternalDatasetSharing

    PBI_enhancedTooltips

    PBI_angularRls

    PBI_onObject

    PBI_backstageUI

    PBI_useModernPublishDialogs

    PBI_gitIntegration

    PBI_modelExplorer

    PBI_daxQueryView

    PBI_aiNarrativesVisual

    PBI_qnaImproveLsdlCopilot

     

    Disabled DirectQuery Options:

    TreatHanaAsRelationalSource

     

    Cloud:

    GlobalCloud

     

    DPI Scale:

    100%

     

    Supported Services:

    Power BI

     

    Formulas:

     

     

    section Section1;

     

     

     

    Let me know what I should try next.
    Thank you,


    • BuistJF's avatar
      BuistJF
      Helper I

      Brett007  I had this issue today. The only way round it was to uninstall and re-install. But dont download the Power BI Desktop from the Microsoft store. Download it from the PBI website directly and install that version. I'm not sure if these are different files (they dont look it, same version) but it resolved the issue for me.