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rodneyc8063
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Live Connection vs Direct Query - Modelling Tab Availability?

Hopefully this is a quick question

 

I was doing some reading on the limitations and advantages to either a Live Connection or Direct Query

 

A number of articles noted that with a Live Connection, the modeling tab is not available at all.

 

I just tried to test this, I used PBI Desktop with a "Live Connection" to a dataset I have in a workspace in the PBI service - And the modelling tab is actually still available.

 

I was just wondering is this new functionality that was recently introduced? Which means the articles I am reading is out of date?

 

Or am I misunderstanding something and this was always the case with Live Connections, that the modelling tab was always available?

 

Thank you

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rodneyc8063
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Ergh found it

 

https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-desktop-july-2020-feature-summary/

 

Apparently the modelling view was enabled in the July 2020 feature updates and the articles I was reading was out of date 😞

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rodneyc8063
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Ergh found it

 

https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-desktop-july-2020-feature-summary/

 

Apparently the modelling view was enabled in the July 2020 feature updates and the articles I was reading was out of date 😞

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