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How To: Enable Preview Features in Power BI

How to enable preview features in Power BI that allow you to test out upcoming Power BI features and stay on top of Microsoft's Power BI roadmap.

January 18, 2020 · 1 min read
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.

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