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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)

Peter Smith on 05 Jul 2020 22:33:06

RE: source control

'Here's my dream workflow:
1. My developer creates (on their own computer) a new BI chart that displays my data just the way I want it
2. They "publish" to the web and the source code goes with it
3. Enjoy the awesomeness of PowerBI on the web!

-------- time passes

4. I tell a different developer to update the chart
5. They download the source code from the web, right where it was published!
6. They update chart and when they publish, the new code is saved to the web!

Right now my team has actually lost source code to a chart, requiring us to recreate the chart from memory. This was because we didn't even think that the source code wouldn't be saved

Ben on 05 Jul 2020 22:30:49

RE: source control

I just use Git. It's binary files so it's not great for mergs / changes, but checking out previous commits has worked for going back and keeping a historical record of data.

Kayle on 05 Jul 2020 22:26:22

RE: source control

Yeah, I was able to use tfs in visual studio to accomplish this. I created a new sql server project under my main ssas solution and am able to add powerbi files to a new tree folder structure.

Martin Tints on 05 Jul 2020 22:22:29

RE: source control

This is a must in Enteprise grade solutions!

Colin on 05 Jul 2020 22:22:20

RE: source control

there are many separate requests for some sort of source control / change control of report development. thats hiding the number of votes for it.

Suggest something like SSRS report development a visual studio project that could be optional and connected to a source control provider.

CDATA on 05 Jul 2020 22:21:09

RE: source control

Please add support/integration with Visual Studio Team Services / TFS ASAP so that we can convince Corporate IT to let us use PowerBI for production deployments.