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Matching the version of Desktop with Report Server
Thanks so much for coming back so quickly!
An associated question then...if I go back to an earlier version of Desktop, will I still be able to open and edit my report files? We do have a machine with the June 2017 version and am currently trying it. I’m getting off putting messages from the start! I’ll experiment but am quickly learning with BI that you often don’t discover problems for a long time...
thanks again for for your help.
claire
Unfortunately MS have a bit of form when it comes to comaptability issues in the early versions of stuff. Its understandable as features and just getting it working take precedence. The challenges of supporting this stuff operationally over the long term always take a while to appear. The operational stuff rarely gets prioritised until it's really dire. MS are not alone in this its all about the race for features in software these days.
Unfortunately we're in the painful growing phase where changes to the product are big and too frequently break stuff. It is alas the price of being quite so close to the cutting edge.
It's fun in a tightrope walk over a pit of tigers with the tightrope on fire kind of way.
Thanks for the reply.
Your tightrope and tiger analogy perfectly sums up my feelings about Power BI! I’ll be happy not to be at the cutting edge in future!
thanks again
claire