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    Import a tabular model into powerpivot and/or power bi designer

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    Edgar Walther on 17 Apr 2015 04:36:07

    It would be great if we could Import a tabular model into PowerPivot.

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    Ryan on 05 Jul 2020 22:21:14

    RE: Import a tabular model into powerpivot and/or power bi designer

    In my interpretation of the Idea, this WAS NOT completed!

    Can I connect and query a tabular model? Yes
    Can I IMPORT the model from SSAS Tabular to Power Pivot or Power BI? No

    PLEASE allow us to port models from 1 technology to another. This is HUGELY beneficial for branching and incremental development.

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    Edgar Walther on 05 Jul 2020 22:06:14

    RE: Import a tabular model into powerpivot and/or power bi designer

    Yeeee! That's great news! Please say thanks to the Power BI team!

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    Arun Alagiri on 05 Jul 2020 22:06:14

    RE: Import a tabular model into powerpivot and/or power bi designer

    Hi Miguel,
    You have mistakenly provided the import excel workbooks into power BI desktop link.I think it should point to this link:https://support.powerbi.com/knowledgebase/articles/665278-analysis-services-tabular-data-in-power-bi-desktop

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    Kawabata Yoshihiro on 05 Jul 2020 22:06:13

    RE: Import a tabular model into powerpivot and/or power bi designer

    Wow, Thank you, Miguel

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    Arun Alagiri on 05 Jul 2020 22:06:13

    RE: Import a tabular model into powerpivot and/or power bi designer

    Thanks! Awesome

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    Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 22:04:25

    RE: Import a tabular model into powerpivot and/or power bi designer

    It's an absolute MUST...what were they thinking???

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    Avi Singh on 05 Jul 2020 22:03:41

    RE: Import a tabular model into powerpivot and/or power bi designer

    Can this idea status be updated to "Closed/Completed" so all of us can get our votes back :-) Per the announcement here http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powerbi/archive/2015/08/20/announcing-the-power-bi-desktop-august-update.aspx

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    Mark Walter on 05 Jul 2020 22:03:27

    RE: Import a tabular model into powerpivot and/or power bi designer

    W/O the ability to draw from analyzed data from Excel, I am much more likely to not make the leap to BI.. And just continue the charting i am doing from Excel pivots.

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    Kaarel Kivistik on 05 Jul 2020 22:03:08

    RE: Import a tabular model into powerpivot and/or power bi designer

    Please add this feature ASAP

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    Greg Saunders on 05 Jul 2020 22:03:00

    RE: Import a tabular model into powerpivot and/or power bi designer

    Is this request talking about importing a SSAS Tabular (model / data) into Excel's Power Pivot and/or Power Bi Desktop OR something different? I thought that is what it was saying, but looking at posts it sounds like something different as well.