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klloyd3
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6 years ago
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Power BI not showing data modelling menu pls help

Hi All I am completely new to PowerBI. I am baffled with the versions of power BI, I am following microsoft's PowerBI pdf document, and other online tutorials. As I understand there are three vers...
  • dethompson97's avatar
    6 years ago

    The modeling is only in the desktop.  Personally, I would use the desktop version for all development and then publish your report to the web for sharing.  There are many features besides modeling that are available in the desktop version that are not available in the online version.  

     

    Thanks!

    Dawn

     

    Hope this helps!

    Dawn Thompson

     

    PS:  If this solution works, please mark it as a solution to help others. Kudos are nice too.

  • v-xuding-msft's avatar
    6 years ago

    Hi klloyd3 ,

    Firstly, the three versions of Power BI are Desktop, Service and Mobile apps. You could reference the document:What is Power BI?  for more details.

    Pro and Premium are the licenses of Power BI Service.  (Reference: Power BI service features by license type )

    The website ( apps.powerbi.com) that you signed in is Power BI Service. If you want to transform your data and create visualizations, you need to install Power BI Desktop. And then publish to Service after creating report. You could create dashboard in Service but you need Pro license for sharing.

     

    Reference:

    Get started with Power BI Desktop 

    Share Power BI dashboards and reports with coworkers and others 

    Ways to share your work in Power BI 

    Power BI pricing 

     

    Best Regards,

    Xue Ding

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