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Anonymous
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7 years ago

Need help newbie

Hi All, I want to create a dashboard using power bi and we recently purchased Power BI pro. 1) I am creating a report using query (selected the optiondirect query) using the desktop since i read we...
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GilbertQ
Super User
7 years ago
Hi there

it would appear that you would need to have 2 Power BI Desktop files open to compare?

Or 2 browsers to compare?
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
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    7 years ago

    Thanks Gilbert,

    For a newbie like me it doesnt sense. Can you please tell me how to find if two different versions are running ? I do not get what you meant.

     

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      GilbertQ
      Super User
      7 years ago
      Hi there

      Apologies if I was confusing you.

      Could you perhaps show me an example of what you are trying to achieve?
      • Anonymous's avatar
        Anonymous
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        7 years ago

        Np Gilbert, thanks for your time. Ok i took a cue from your earlier issue and resolved it. As i mentioned we recently purchased PowerBI Pro and i guess i used my login to create reports using Power BI desktop and hence i was getting that message when publishing as another person was logged onto PowerBI Service using his credentials. Finally got it working , thanks.

        However i have two questions and will greatly appreciate if i can get an sanswer.

        1) Can w enot create reports using Power BI instead of creating using Desktop and publishing it to Power BI, i also see we can edit the report in Power BI so why cannot we create one?

        2) We want to color code the columns in the report (not conditional formatting), not the values just the column headers, example 1st column header red, second blue ......

        I only see conditional formatting unless i missed or overlookd something.

        Thanks