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Cortana integration Issue
I am also playing around with it. I got it to work with Windows 10 build 10586 on A Surface Pro 3. I also have it running on a Lumia 830 with Version 1511 of Windows Mobile. The biggest issue I have on these two devices is the 'best match' which a lot of times finds a 'best match' on the web before it finds it in PowerBI. It seems that 'best match' is weighed a lot in favor of time rather than completeness. It also does not change the 'best match' if PowerBI provides a better content match, but provides that slower. So it seems at least.
It seems to be that the requirements to work are:
- Connect work or school account in windows
- Connect work or school account in Cortana
- Enable Cortana search on the dataset in PowerBI
- Create Cortana Pages in PowerBI and add the question phrases (to increase 'matches' in PowerBI).
Try typing the Natural Language query and wait for results of PowerBI to show. Like I said earlier, it seems to be also a timing problem. When I use voice, I cannot control when the search request is sent, and it seems to be to fast to find suggested results in PowerBI. If I type, I usually see the result suggestions later on the screen, and at least can select.
I was unable to do a voice search on my windows phone, even though the identical search phrase worked on Surface Pro 3.
A lot of people miss the last one, which makes it easier to validate wheter the configuration works.
On iOS, I was not able to get it to work. It seems that you cannot add a work/school account in addition to the live account you need to enter in Cortana. (I got the work and live account with the same email address).
I do not have an Android device at my disposal, so I cannot tell whether this works yet. Does anyone tried PowerBI questions in Cortana on an Android device?
It seems to be that the requirements to work are:
- Connect work or school account in windows
- Connect work or school account in Cortana
- Enable Cortana search on the dataset in PowerBI
- Create Cortana Pages in PowerBI and add the question phrases (to increase 'matches' in PowerBI).
Hello, thanks. If I'm not wrong I've done the exact same steps. What do you think? Can you confirm that from the screenshots above?
Thanks!
- PatrickPilz10 years agoAdvocate II
It may also be a language support issue. Just for fun, I would see if you get different results if you switch Cortana to US English.
- GrahamKnowles10 years agoResolver I
I have the same issue here - tried all of the above but still no joy
- PatrickPilz10 years agoAdvocate II
It seems there is another issue. Somehow, the version numbers are somewhat confusing. My Lumia 830 says that I run OS Build 10.0.14295.1000. To make it work though, I needed to install the Windows Insider app, and install with "Insider Slow" the most current build. I did not get it to work with the current "Production" release, nor with the "Release Preview". "Insider Fast" left my phone in an endless loop rebooting and crashing.
Confusing is, even though there was a major update installed on the phone, the release version number showing in the phone remained the same. Still build 1511 with the version number above. Different software, same version number.