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Luca Zavarella
Luca Zavarella
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Luca Zavarella

Luca Zavarella has a rich background as an Azure Data Scientist Associate and Microsoft MVP, with a Computer Engineering degree from the University of L'Aquila. His decade-plus experience spans the Microsoft Data Platform, starting as a T-SQL developer on SQL Server 2000 and 2005, then mastering the full suite of Microsoft Business Intelligence tools (SSIS, SSAS, SSRS), and advancing into data warehousing. Recently, his focus has shifted to advanced analytics, data science, and AI, contributing to the community as a speaker and blogger, especially on Medium. Currently, he leads the Data & AI division at iCubed, and he also holds an honors degree in classical piano from the "Alfredo Casella" Conservatory in L'Aquila.
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Configuring Power BI Desktop to work with R

Once you have installed the R engines necessary for the development of your reports and the RStudio IDE, you must configure Power BI Desktop so that it properly references these tools. This is really a very simple task:

  1. In Power BI Desktop, go to the File menu, click on the Options and settings tab, and then click on Options:
Figure 2.14 – Opening the Power BI Desktop Options and settings window

Figure 2.18: Opening the Power BI Desktop Options and settings window

  1. In the Options window, click on the R scripting tab on the left. The contents of the panel on the right will update, giving you the option to select the R engine to reference and the R IDE to use for R script visuals:
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Figure 2.19: Choosing the engine and the IDE to work with in Power BI Desktop

  1. As you can see, Power BI Desktop automatically identifies the installed R engines and IDEs. For the moment, select the latest version of the engine (in our case, it is 4.2.2), in order to be aligned...
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Luca Zavarella

Luca Zavarella has a rich background as an Azure Data Scientist Associate and Microsoft MVP, with a Computer Engineering degree from the University of L'Aquila. His decade-plus experience spans the Microsoft Data Platform, starting as a T-SQL developer on SQL Server 2000 and 2005, then mastering the full suite of Microsoft Business Intelligence tools (SSIS, SSAS, SSRS), and advancing into data warehousing. Recently, his focus has shifted to advanced analytics, data science, and AI, contributing to the community as a speaker and blogger, especially on Medium. Currently, he leads the Data & AI division at iCubed, and he also holds an honors degree in classical piano from the "Alfredo Casella" Conservatory in L'Aquila.
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