Skip to main content
Microsoft Idea

Power BI

Completed

source control

Vote (2083) Share
Michael Steineke's profile image

Michael Steineke on 09 Sep 2015 03:46:32

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

Administrator on 28 Jun 2023 18:23:13

This is now available in preview for Power BI developers.
Check out these resources:
Deep dive into Power BI Desktop Developer Mode (Preview) | Microsoft Power BI Blog | Microsoft Power BI
Overview of Fabric git integration - Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Learn

Comments (116)
Michael Steineke's profile image Profile Picture

on 30 Sep 2021 22:01:32

RE: source control

Provide the ability to have source control against PBIX development in order to manage releases etc

Michael Steineke's profile image Profile Picture

on 30 Sep 2021 22:01:32

RE: source control

Power BI Desktop or Service does not support BI Life Cycle Management. Therefore could Visual Studio Team Services be used for Dashboard, Report & Dataset version control.

Michael Steineke's profile image Profile Picture

on 30 Sep 2021 22:01:32

RE: source control

Automatic versioning and the ability to create branches of queries to allow parallel development and better version history.

Michael Steineke's profile image Profile Picture

on 30 Sep 2021 22:01:32

RE: source control

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

Michael Steineke's profile image Profile Picture

Christopher Hurt on 15 Sep 2021 12:52:32

RE: source control

In order to be a legitimate software tool all parts Power BI really needs to be persisted in some text format that can be diffed and changes reviewed and approved.  Otherwise we are stuck in the binary dark ages!

Michael Steineke's profile image Profile Picture

Phillip Putzback on 13 Sep 2021 17:22:29

RE: source control

Please.... Otherwise we end up creating convoluted processes. Personally I think SharePoint\OneDrive is perfect for tracking versions. One click to save and open. I don't want to find out how many it takes to work with Github. 

Michael Steineke's profile image Profile Picture

Meysam Seyahtiri on 10 Sep 2021 11:57:38

RE: source control

Having Power BI integrated to DevOps CI/CD pipelines can be of a huge leverage for the Power BI evangelizers to implement the Power BI full-blown in businesses.  

Michael Steineke's profile image Profile Picture

Mike Beerman on 01 Sep 2021 13:07:10

RE: source control

Although you can already 'do version control' by linking a SharePoint library, I would opt for Git integration, and not just 'any kind of source control'. Or more specifically, not SharePoint, as versioning is not the same as source control!

Michael Steineke's profile image Profile Picture

Michael Nissen on 24 Aug 2021 12:05:26

RE: source control

It would be really great with integration of PowerBI into Azure Devops or GitHub. Also, more transparency on the elements of a .pbix file, and the possibility to open, edit, and pull/push changes. We really need this!

Michael Steineke's profile image Profile Picture

Angela Braun on 17 Aug 2021 15:32:29

RE: source control

Please, please, please come up with a solution for source control.  Need this sooner, rather than later.



Thanks!

Angie

Merged Idea (7)