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Anonymous
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6 years ago

Shape map in Power BI Desktop RS

Hello community, Last september, I created a report on PBI Desktop for Report Server which contained a shape map (with a TopoJSON file). But today, when I reopened it to do a modification, the compo...
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d_gosbell
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6 years ago

You must have created your report in the non-Report Server version of Power BI Desktop. The shapemap has not yet come out of preview status (and there is no timeline for it being officially released which is dissappointing). And the Report Server version of Power BI Desktop does not allow the use of any features that are in preview status.

 

Sometimes it is technically possible to use the cloud version of Power BI Desktop to build a report with a preview feature enabled and then upload it to Report Server and sometimes this works, but it's totally unsupported and you do so at your own risk.

 

Once a visual has been officially released I don't think we've ever had an instance of one being removed. 

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Anonymous
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6 years ago

Thank you for your reply. However, I am very surprised of this because I am sure I used the Report Server version (black icon) to build this report. The visual works on the On-premises Report Server.