Strange behaviour on Power BI Report Builder

[Lucian]

Hello,

Trying to reproduce the steps from Lab - Create a paginated report on my own environment not the provided VM, I have downloaded the Power BI Report Builder v.15.6.01487.0002-830d6540.

All was working perfect until section Format the table data region step 7: Set the width of the second column to 2.5.

After I do that step, the report preview will no longer display even the third column of the table that was not modified in any way.

I have tried to delete the table and repeat all the steps, checking from time to time if the report will show correctly (that's how I found where will "break").

I have tried the same steps on the provided VM, on the older version of Power BI Report Builder v.15.6.1207.2 and here the report is running correctly:

I have tried to install the last version into that lab environment and repeat the steps, but the report is running correctly.

What can I do to make it work on my machine that had no "older version", just the newest one?

Kind Regards,

Lucian

[lbendlin · Accepted solution]

Maybe it's bad timing, or maybe it is the difference between store version and standalone (a constant nuisance for Power BI Desktop)

[lbendlin]

Here maybe?  Download Microsoft® Power BI Report Builder from Official Microsoft Download Center

[Lucian]

It seems that is the same address when using the New\Paginated report in Power BI service.

And the link provided by you mention in the details section the same version I have: 15.6.01487.0002,  published on 1/26/2021

[lbendlin]

sounds like this could be a bug. wonder where you got that version from. Supposedly the most recent version is 15.6.1340.2 

[Lucian]

Hi @lbendlin ,

Good question... I have installed that version using the Power BI service and on the workspace I have used the option New\Paginated report that showed a screen with download link to the app.

Now, that you draw my attention on the version, I have checked again what version I have installed and if there is any update and... another strage thing apperared:

I am "up to date"... with a wrong version...🤣

Anyway - it seems that there is a bug with this version, because I found the problem. When I have resized the colum (2), all first 3 columns lost their settings for the Font property. They switched to a "Sanserif" font and when I put back the "default Arial" font all came back...

A real halloween party on my PC. 😜

Now, the question is how do I find and install the "real latest version" - 15.6.1340.2?...

Kind Regards,

Lucian