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Clone an import semantic model with all data and rename clone.
For the deployment pipeline approach you can find a step by step guide here:
Get started using deployment pipelines, the Fabric Application lifecycle management (ALM) tool - Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Learn.If you also want to automate this, check out the possibilities of Fabric CI/CD (fabric-cicd). But for this I dont know any step by step guide.
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You can’t clone or rename an Import semantic model directly from a Fabric notebook, but you can automate it using the Fabric/Power BI REST APIs. The supported approach is to call the Clone Dataset API, which creates a full copy of the semantic model including data and lets you give it a new name and location. You can trigger this API call from a Notebook, Pipeline, or any scheduled automation, allowing you to generate monthly historical versions of the model. After cloning, you can also use the REST API to move the new model into a folder. This is the only fully supported way to automate semantic-model versioning in Fabric today.