Partial white balance sliders missing

Hello everyone,
I'm using LR 5.2 and have seen tutorials where local white balance adjustments are possible with the graduated filter or brush tool.
With my LR these sliders are missing. I can change saturation, contrast, etc., but not the white balance. Could this not be part of the student version? The screenshot to the left shows my screen, the one to the right shows the sliders I'm looking for.
Thanks alot,
MikeMike

The student version is identical except in licensing and price.
See the lightning bolt to the right of where it says OriginalFoto under the histogram?  That means you’re not using the latest process version—probably because you’re working on an old photo that was imported in a previous version of LR.
Go down to the bottom of your right-hand panel in Develop and look at the top of the Camera Calibration section and change the Process from 2010 to 2012.  You can also change the PV using Settings / Process / 2012 in the menus.
Be aware that there is not a 100% translation from PV2010 to PV2012 toning values so the look of the image will change a little, and may need reworking.

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