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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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Comments (116)

ibc on 05 Jul 2020 23:18:45

RE: source control

How on Earth can people do professional work without version control?

Zuzana Grelova on 05 Jul 2020 23:17:26

RE: source control

It is quite paint not to be able to compare changes between 2 versions of PBI file - since the structure is not readable by normal text editors :-/
Also it prevents 2 users to be able to make changes to same file at the same time.
We are using Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server to keep our published versions of reports clean, but we cannot really track any changes within file itself.

Aaron Day on 05 Jul 2020 23:16:55

RE: source control

Source control should become a standard within Power BI.

Power BI Ideas Admin on 05 Jul 2020 23:15:44

RE: source control

I am still not believing this function got 0 attention so far, a must need for corporate and big teams!

Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:10:53

RE: source control

Even a simple per-user "locking" mechanism would be a big first step. A very typical workflow is: (a) download report as PBIX from service (b) make changes in PBI desktop (c) publish. Without a lock very problematic even with a small number of contributors.