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DeepThinkingPBI
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1 year ago
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How to update Power BI reports on workspace

I have 2 questions.

 

1) if we have 2 different versions of Power BI Desktop in our team, will the Power BI versions on Service also be different (if I publish a report from the newer version, it will be newer, but all reports I haven't published from the newer PBI version will be older on my workspace (e.g. Workspace X))? Or is there some stable version on Power BI workspace that does not care if I publish from newer or older Power BI desktop?

 

2) Are there any problems with changing Power BI to newer version? Like, can some features stop working? IF yes, do I find it out by opening the old report in the new Power BI to see if somehting broke?

 

Thank you very much!

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  • Alex87's avatar
    Alex87
    1 year ago

    1) Short answer - No 

    The Power BI Serviceruns on its own stable updated version, independent of what version of Power BI Desktop you are using. There is no versioning at the workspace level. If you use new features only available in the latest Desktop version you will be able to publish it but users with older Desktop versions might get errors if they try to open or edit that pbix file.

    2) Sometimes issues can occur, but rarely like when there are deprecated features (very rare) or you are using preview features that changed drastically. You can open the pbix file in the new version and check for errors. 

     

    Hope it helps,

    Best regards,

    Alex

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  • Deku's avatar
    Deku
    Icon for Super User rankSuper User
    1 year ago

    You will be fine publishing with various versions. There is internal metadata to indicate what version the report was created with. For the semantic model there is a combatability level. The newer version will be backwards compatible, but if you open a report create with a newer version with a older version of power bi desktop, it may not be happy if you are using newer features

  • Alex87's avatar
    Alex87
    Icon for Solution Sage rankSolution Sage
    1 year ago

    1) Short answer - No 

    The Power BI Serviceruns on its own stable updated version, independent of what version of Power BI Desktop you are using. There is no versioning at the workspace level. If you use new features only available in the latest Desktop version you will be able to publish it but users with older Desktop versions might get errors if they try to open or edit that pbix file.

    2) Sometimes issues can occur, but rarely like when there are deprecated features (very rare) or you are using preview features that changed drastically. You can open the pbix file in the new version and check for errors. 

     

    Hope it helps,

    Best regards,

    Alex

  • v-karpurapud's avatar
    v-karpurapud
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    1 year ago

    Hi DeepThinkingPBI 

    Could you please confirm if your query have been resolved the solution provided by Alex87 & Deku ? If they have, kindly mark the helpful response and accept it as the solution. This will assist other community members in resolving similar issues more efficiently.

    Thank you.

  • v-karpurapud's avatar
    v-karpurapud
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    1 year ago

    Hi DeepThinkingPBI 

    I wanted to check if you had the opportunity to review the information provided. Please feel free to contact us if you have any further questions. If my response has addressed your query, please accept it as a solution and give a 'Kudos' so other members can easily find it.

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