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Anonymous
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PowerBI desktop column type icon missing in Query tab

Hello people

 

Quite new to PowerBI as I had basic training just in the tool. Once I installed the latest update Microsoft had in November and even before, I noticed that the Query tab had missing column data type icons. In the snip below you can see how my query tab looks like in PowerBI.

PowerBI.PNG

 

In this snip below you can see, how my query tab looked like in the training, once I had it.

PowerBI2.png

 

I have double checked, that I have the latest version, but somehow those buttons are missing. 
This is the version number I'm on -> 2.64.5285.741 64-bit (november 2018).


Can anyone help please to figure out what might be wrong :).

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hi, @Anonymous

These are two different areas  for power bi

first picture is Data View area, where you could modeling your data.

the second picture is Power Query area, which is like to Excel, is for clean and shape data.

201811305

 

when you open power bi desktop, you are in Data View.

You could click HOME->Edit Queries to get into Query Editor.

Also, you could click HOME-> Close&Apply to get to the Data View from the Query Editor.

 

201811306

 

By the way, Here are the official documents for you learn

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/desktop-what-is-desktop

 

Best Regards,

Lin

Community Support Team _ Lin
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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Anonymous
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Okay, how would one get to the Data View from the Query Editor I'm on now?

hi, @Anonymous

These are two different areas  for power bi

first picture is Data View area, where you could modeling your data.

the second picture is Power Query area, which is like to Excel, is for clean and shape data.

201811305

 

when you open power bi desktop, you are in Data View.

You could click HOME->Edit Queries to get into Query Editor.

Also, you could click HOME-> Close&Apply to get to the Data View from the Query Editor.

 

201811306

 

By the way, Here are the official documents for you learn

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/desktop-what-is-desktop

 

Best Regards,

Lin

Community Support Team _ Lin
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
HotChilli
Super User
Super User

There's nothing wrong.  You're looking at two different areas of powerbi.  The Query Editor and Data View in powerbi

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