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Michael Steineke on 09 Sep 2015 03:46:32

PowerBI.com should have some type of Source Code control integration for change control

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wsb on 05 Jul 2020 23:51:15

RE: source control

This should also work for PowerBi for Reporting Services

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:49:28

RE: source control

Isn't this already in DevOps https://msftplayground.com/2018/12/administrating-and-publishing-power-bi-resources-via-azure-devops/

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Mary Garcia Charumilind on 05 Jul 2020 23:42:18

RE: source control

There's a potential solution in this idea too https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/36978934-built-in-git-support-in-powerbi-desktop

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Mary Garcia Charumilind on 05 Jul 2020 23:42:18

RE: source control

There's a potential solution in this idea too https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/36978934-built-in-git-support-in-powerbi-desktop

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BV Penumalli on 05 Jul 2020 23:41:22

RE: source control

this is basic need for professional development work

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Charlie Blake on 05 Jul 2020 23:40:38

RE: source control

If Microsoft made PowerBI Template (.pbit) files more flexible, i.e.:

1) capability to export a .pbit from PowerBI Report Server (and cloud)
2) OR capability to export a .pbit by command line from a .pbix, preferably PowerShell so it does not depend on the PowerBI Desktop .exe
3) capability to upload a .pbit to PowerBI Report Server (and cloud)

then some of the deployment automation could be completed by the community which has done of some this work already

Git-LFS has been an interesting solution as well, but I think is ultimately just a crutch for the main problem here in that the file format is inflexible

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Stephen Wichman on 05 Jul 2020 23:40:31

RE: source control

adding my voice to the chorus. Really looking forward to this

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Jesse Y on 05 Jul 2020 23:39:19

RE: source control

Still waiting... a text friendly format is really needed. Not only for source control but for editing too; no one likes going through a cumbersome UI to make repetitive changes or setting up repetitive relations, filters, and settings changes for every control...

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Russell Freeman on 05 Jul 2020 23:38:41

RE: source control

I need this too. I use BeyondCompare for diffs, so for me the solution is ideally just the ability to point PowerBI at a folder with the same folder structure as the zip file. You could then just version control the folder. That should be a small enhancement as it is just the ability to either OpenFile(filepath) or OpenFolder(folderpath)

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Swapnil on 05 Jul 2020 23:38:20

RE: source control

I can't understand why this can not be done yet. In the end pbix file is a zipped version of folders, xml and text files. As a work around, we have been using beyond compare on unzipped pbix files to compare. But we can't do much more.
an in built compare mechanism with DevOps/Git and/or Visual Studio would be very much welcome.

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