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    Command line arguments to control startup

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    Josh on 20 Jan 2018 03:52:06

    We would like three command line arguments for Power BI Desktop.

    The first would suppress the splash screen when Power BI Desktop is starting. Sort of like the Excel /e

    The second would allow us to pass in a PBIX file we want opened.

    The third would cause Power BI Desktop to open the PBIX file without the authoring pane/toolbox that normally comes up on the right side of the window. In other words, just show the contents of the PBIX file.

    Thank you.

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    José Pedro Pereira Coutinho on 10 Apr 2024 08:30:58

    RE: Command line arguments to control startup

    This feature is a must...any plans from the team

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    Aaron Brooks on 05 Dec 2023 18:11:56

    RE: Command line arguments to control startup

    How is this still not implemented after 6 years?Passing arguments at the command line would be awesome.

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    Jean-Francois Desrosiers on 08 Dec 2020 09:10:02

    RE: Command line arguments to control startup

    Would allow a .pbit or .pbix file to work on a known schema in any environment by using Server and Database name as parameters.

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    Gunar Vingren on 05 Jul 2020 23:26:35

    RE: Command line arguments to control startup

    And more options to update/publish automatically by command line