topic Re: Revert back to an older arcGIS Power BI version? in ArcGIS for Power BI Questions

Revert back to an older arcGIS Power BI version?

hellomynameisjoe — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 23:04:47 GMT

Hello - ever since an update in early September 2021, ArcGIS for Power BI is not working properly: the map doesn't render at all in new maps, and in existing maps the shape files do not render properly.

Is there a way to manually revert back to an older ArcGIS version within Power BI (the round icon?)

Re: Revert back to an older arcGIS Power BI version?

hellomynameisjoe — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 23:12:56 GMT

To add: the shape files are census tracts.

PowerBI version 2.96.1061.0 64-bit (August 2021)

ArcGIS maps for Power BI version 2021.1.91

Re: Revert back to an older arcGIS Power BI version?

JonEmch — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 14:12:57 GMT

@hellomynameisjoe Thank you for posting, I am sorry to hear that you have been running into issues with the latest release of ArcGIS for PowerBI. According to the Product team, a new version of the app was pushed that resolved many of the issues with the September update. Could you ensure that you are running on the latest version to see if the issues still persist? Thanks!

Re: Revert back to an older arcGIS Power BI version?

hellomynameisjoe — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 17:09:34 GMT

Hi @JonEmch :

I upgraded Power BI to 2.97.861.0 64-bit (September 2021). The ArcGIS Maps for Power BI is 2021.1.91.

The problems continue!

I'm unable to create new maps using census tracts (see attached image) and existing maps render poorly.

Please help me keep on keeping on!

Any short term fixes? Any way to revert back to older ArcGIS versions?

Re: Revert back to an older arcGIS Power BI version?

jbintn — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 19:41:57 GMT

I was getting the same error "The Provided Data failed to generate a layer on the map" because I had a date field in my tooltip, and when I changed it from a date hierarchy to a date, it broke. Changing it back to the date hierarchy fixed it. My workaround (I wanted to show the date, not the hierarchy) was to use a DAX Convert function to convert it to a string.

Re: Revert back to an older arcGIS Power BI version?

hellomynameisjoe — Wed, 29 Sep 2021 20:02:46 GMT

Appreciate your suggestion.

Unfortunately, I don't think this fix applies to my issue.

Esri team - help!

Re: Revert back to an older arcGIS Power BI version?

AnthonyLatini — Wed, 29 Sep 2021 22:04:53 GMT

@hellomynameisjoe - Hello there! My name is Anthony and I am a product engineer on the ArcGIS for Power BI visual. I was looking over this issue and I would like to help out if I can!

Would it be possible to provide the data that you are using in Power BI so that I can test it on my end? There might have been a change in how the data is processed during this upgrade. If there is in fact a BUG or an issue with this, I can add it to our upcoming project and have it looked at by our team.

I had a look at the screenshots and I agree; something isn't quite right with that data. I would like to do a comparison between this version and the previous to see where the gaps are.

Unfortunately, there isn't a way to roll back to the previous version of ArcGIS for Power BI.

Let's try and get this resolved for you!

Re: Revert back to an older arcGIS Power BI version?

hellomynameisjoe — Wed, 29 Sep 2021 23:32:26 GMT

Ok, please let me know where I can send a sample anonymized data set.

Re: Revert back to an older arcGIS Power BI version?

AnthonyLatini — Thu, 30 Sep 2021 15:44:20 GMT

Sure thing @hellomynameisjoe ! You should be able to send me a direct message here in the community. If that doesn't work, shoot over an email to me: alatini@esri.com

Re: Revert back to an older arcGIS Power BI version?

AnthonyLatini — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 18:03:44 GMT

Thank you for providing this information. I was able to reproduce the census tract issues and have logged it in our projects. I am not sure exactly on the timeline to resolve this issue, but, I will ensure our team is working on it. I have also notated poor rendering on these polygons as well.

Please let me know if there is anything else you find!

Re: Revert back to an older arcGIS Power BI version?

JayMeehl — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 15:09:08 GMT

Anthony,

I am having the same Census Tract issues as discussed above. Any news on the ArcGIS for Power BI Census Tract Issue? Will it be fixed in the next release and if so when will that be out? I heard possible early December? Thanks for any information.

Re: Revert back to an older arcGIS Power BI version?

Anonymous User — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 14:47:06 GMT

Hey @JayMeehl

The update should be pushed today. If you've had Power BI open you can restart it and it should pick up the latest visual. To know for sure, hover over the Esri logo in the lower right corner and it should say Version 2021.2.95

Cheers,

Andrew

Re: Revert back to an older arcGIS Power BI version?

JayMeehl — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 17:56:59 GMT

Andrew,

Thanks for the update. I see that one of the issues is fixed and I can thematically display Census Tract data however the rendering is still an issue - see attached image. And it is also 2010 tracts, will they be updated to 2020 soon?Rendering of Census Tracts

Re: Revert back to an older arcGIS Power BI version?

Anonymous User — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 03:52:59 GMT

That's really odd that the geometry isn't resampling, we'll have to take a look and I can follow up on the Census Tract updates. We should have those in place.

Re: Revert back to an older arcGIS Power BI version?

hellomynameisjoe — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 17:11:05 GMT

Hi @Anonymous User: I'm on the latest version of ArcGIS Maps (2021.2.95) and PowerBI Version: 2.99.862.0 64-bit (November 2021).

I'm unable to render any map visuals. When I drag in Census Tracts:

1. Nothing renders (I've also tried zip codes and counties, but no luck).

2. I'm unable to change the location type (see attached image). I can change the "Represent locations as" from Points to Boundaries, but am unable to change "Locations are in".

I've uninstalled and reinstalled Power BI, but this issue persists.

Any ideas?

Re: Revert back to an older arcGIS Power BI version?

Anonymous User — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 16:51:21 GMT

I'm unable to reproduce this, but may be following different steps. Would you be able to send a .pbix file with me so we can review it?