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Query Editor has no UNDO :(

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Raymond on 14 Jan 2017 00:52:35

I want to undo changes to a query. Undo should be available everywhere!!

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4c4fdd05 af0a-49ef-ba55-f74a4490c46b on 17 Aug 2020 23:15:12

RE: Query Editor has no UNDO :(

Anyone who has worked in the Query Editor has at times edited a step or made another mistake, where you immediately reached for an Undo. Only to find in Power BI Query Editor that the Undo option does not exist :-(

This would come real handy and would accelerate the learning curve of users.
Since they would be less afraid to click around or edit M in the Formula Bar.

Please prioritize this feature in Power BI Query Editor!

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c76ca681 a1e9-4dc2-986d-57bb0efb2e9d on 06 Jul 2020 00:13:33

RE: Query Editor has no UNDO :(

'+UNDO do not work correctly, sometimes it not undo at all until double or triple click
+Show undo history. like in Excel

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e928d98c 698c-4ddd-a0e5-05181f2ae973 on 06 Jul 2020 00:00:52

RE: Query Editor has no UNDO :(

If you accidentally press delete (or undo applied step) on anything before the last step, you get a warning and you can cancel the action. If you do the same on the last step....tough luck. Unbelievable. And there is no SAVE option either! You have to close and load the query and then save the spreadsheet, and then go back to query editor.... it bewilders me that you build something so great yet spectacularly bad at the same time.

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8e5f40a9 4147-4212-8720-97227e28b4d4 on 05 Jul 2020 23:55:40

RE: Query Editor has no UNDO :(

Query editor must have undo option for deleted steps.

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aada113b 63f6-44f2-922d-ab23c3c1479c on 05 Jul 2020 23:42:05

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We need undo the deleted "Applied Steps" in query settings!!!

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d4ab3aeb 56ec-44f6-a649-72c8d294edb2 on 05 Jul 2020 23:07:41

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Can't believe there is no undo option. Accidentally delete a step (easy enough to click on the X by mistake) and you lose the step. If you can't remember what it was, you have to work out from something broken in the reports. If not an undo, then at least a close without saving option so you can go back to where you started the edit of the query.

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63e68cad 57ff-415e-ac76-59c4760df7c4 on 05 Jul 2020 22:56:11

RE: Query Editor has no UNDO :(

I was just burned by this. Query Editor needs an undo or at least an option to back out without saving the latest changes. I just lost a lot of changes while troubleshooting a bad step. I was hoping that closing the editor window without applying would open it back in the previous state. No luck. This hurts.