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Share pbix file without the data
Hello PBI Experts,
Is it possible to share pbi reports/visualizations without the data?How?
Thanks,
JorgeAbiad
Create an empty database or excel with the same structure, whatever is the source. Change the connection details to this new empty source and refresh it and save. That should give you empty pbix.
Edit Datasource under data transformation or
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/How-to-replace-Data-Source-for-existing-report/td-p/58947
Also, explore the template option
Anonymous ,
You can share the power bi template file instead, for more details, you can refer to doc below:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/desktop-templates
Community Support Team _ Jimmy Tao
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7 Replies
- amitchandak
Super User
You should share using power bi service. There you can control what to share. You should have min Power Bi pro for that.
Refer : https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/service-how-to-collaborate-distribute-dashboards-reports
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/service-share-dashboards
Hello amitchandak ,
The users whom we're going to share the reports with are from different organization. Formerly, they are part of the company, but now they formed a separate legal entity. And sharing of the reports is part of handover to them. Basically, they will have the same data models in PBI. But we do not want to share the records in the datasets that are imported to PBI reports.
Regards,
JorgeAbiad
- amitchandak
Create an empty database or excel with the same structure, whatever is the source. Change the connection details to this new empty source and refresh it and save. That should give you empty pbix.
Edit Datasource under data transformation or
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/How-to-replace-Data-Source-for-existing-report/td-p/58947
Also, explore the template option