All tagged Version Control

Track Changes in Power BI: Part 4 -Reports

Track Changes in Power BI: Part 4 -Reports

Kurt Buhler
Data Visualization, Governance/Administration

pbi-tools is a command-line tool that enables Source / Version Control of Power BI (thin) reports and datasets. Much like the folder structure generated by Tabular Editor, pbi-tools creates a Report Layout structure based on files in the .pbix. In these articles, we go into the background of this tool & how to use it.

An important note if you are using Sensitivity Labels - files with Sensitivity Labels are currently not supported with pbi-tools. More info on that at the bottom of the article.

Track Changes in Power BI: Part 3 - Workspace Mode

Track Changes in Power BI: Part 3 - Workspace Mode

Kurt Buhler
Data Modelling, Governance/Administration

Using Tabular Editor 3 & Workspace mode, source control is that much easier, even when using Branching!
In this article, I explain how workspace mode in Tabular Editor 3 makes Source Control easy by letting you simultaneously save changes to disk but also to a service dataset for testing. I then explain how this can work when collaborating on a model, for example, using Git Branching in Power BI development.

Track Changes in Power BI: Part 1 - Introduction

Track Changes in Power BI: Part 1 - Introduction

Kurt Buhler
Data Modelling, Governance/Administration

It’s no big secret that source control is challenging in Power BI.
There are few native tools which enable source control in Power BI, allowing you to track changes and work collaboratively with colleagues on a Power BI dataset. Thankfully, however, external tools make this quite easy, for example, leveraging the folder structure save format of Tabular Editor.

This post is a simple introduction to source control as it pertains to a Power BI dataset, and how to set it up.