How To: Enable Preview Features in Power BI

Power BI releases new updates frequently, and sometimes those updates are only available as a preview feature. In other words, the feature is not ready for complete release but it will work in most situations. This blog post will detail how top check for and enable preview features in Power BI.

1. Open Power BI desktop.
   1. Note: It is not necessary to connect to any data, the opening modal can be closed.
2. Click on “File” in the top left hand corner
3. Select “Options and Settings”
4. Click”Options” in the context menu that appears directly to the right of the File menu.
5. Select “Preview Features” under the Global options menu.
6. Check the features you want to try, click “OK”, then close and reopen Power BI Desktop.
   1. Note: Preview features don’t take effect until Power BI Desktop restarts. If a feature still doesn’t appear, make sure Desktop is up to date; preview features come and go with each monthly release.

For more Power BI how-tos, browse our other Power BI posts, or read Microsoft’s guide to Power BI preview features. If you need help with more than settings, our Power BI consulting team works on models, reports and governance.