New feature "Download reports from Power BI service"

[Tishchenko]

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/stbnewsbytes/2016/09/26/cloud-platform-release-announcements-for...

"More new and most frequently requested Power BI features are now available to end users and business analysts in the month of September. Download reports from Power BI service: lets you download the reports uploaded from Power BI Desktop as PBIX files and reopen them in Desktop. This completes the workflow: create a report in Desktop > publish to service > modify in service > download to Desktop > modify in Desktop > re-publish to service. Sign in to powerbi.microsoft.com to experience the new features immediately. For more information on these new features and others, visit the Power BI blog."

Hi guys! Can anybody explain how to use this new feature?

[ankitpatira · Accepted solution]

@Tishchenko I don't think that feature is released yet but expect it to be released during power bi service October update since blog you pointed out say so and idea here has already got STARTED status for a while. When it will be released you will be able to see option like in below image.

[mholmyard]

Does anyone know what causes a report to be available for download or not? In the same online platform, I have some reports that can be downloaded and some that have the feature greyed out. Any hints on what could cause this?

Thank you.

[ankitpatira · Accepted solution]

@Tishchenko I don't think that feature is released yet but expect it to be released during power bi service October update since blog you pointed out say so and idea here has already got STARTED status for a while. When it will be released you will be able to see option like in below image.

[Tishchenko · Accepted solution]

This feature is released now! Thanks @ankitpatira! Cool!