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James Snowball on 07 May 2015 18:53:31

Currently, I can upload an Excel file with Power View reports and the data behind it. This is great, but the file cannot have any version control.

I would need to be able to continue developing my reports through version control and then point Power BI to the updated dataset/report without having to re-upload and create everything from scratch.

This becomes absolutely essential when you consider dev/production environments. We can't expect to provide users with cool new dashboards, then a week later take it down because there is a newer version.

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Petr on 05 Jul 2020 23:39:42

RE: Dataset/Report Version Control

We need ability to compare versions, both in git and TFVC.

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Omaer.Khan on 05 Jul 2020 23:36:02

RE: Dataset/Report Version Control

Proper integration with git (with diff support) would be awesome!

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Giorgio.Villani on 05 Jul 2020 23:33:46

RE: Dataset/Report Version Control

integration with git would be highly valued

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christophe ARNAUD on 05 Jul 2020 23:30:26

RE: Dataset/Report Version Control

would be very useful for our report creators

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Drew Johnson on 05 Jul 2020 23:18:25

RE: Dataset/Report Version Control

We are consistently interested in the capacity for version control and the ability to perform diffs on our visualization files so that we may peer review each other's work.

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:16:33

RE: Dataset/Report Version Control

It would be extremely useful to have a Power BI version control purely for the definition of the reports, excluding potential data.

It is not really practical to version control the data at the same time as the code through the complete pbix files

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Liam Newlin on 05 Jul 2020 23:09:47

RE: Dataset/Report Version Control

It is disconcerting that Tableau has version control functionality baked into the tool but PBI does not. It is a much-needed feature at an enterprise level.

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Giuliano Sabbatini on 05 Jul 2020 23:09:38

RE: Dataset/Report Version Control

Still waiting for this fundamental capability.

We use it in an enterprise contest where the version control is quite mandatory.

We miss it greatly.
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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 22:57:03

RE: Dataset/Report Version Control

This currently works for 'proper' version control of .pbit files: https://github.com/kodonnell/powerbi-vcs That said, the UI hasn't been completed and it's not battle tested, so feel free to submit some PRs!

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Anthony Bulk on 05 Jul 2020 22:36:55

RE: Dataset/Report Version Control

Add version control in Power BI service to allow for easy rollback and recovery.

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