Developing Reports on the Service

Hi Ray_Brosius ,

1.In my opinion, the only way to do this is publish  the previously backed up version.

2.With Power BI audit log, you are able to audit activities like DeleteReport, ExportReport,PrintReport, DeleteDataset and so on. For more details, please review this article: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/powerbi-admin-auditing/ .

3.According to the description on the official website，there are a few important considerations and limitations associated with downloading a .pbix file from the Power BI service.

• To download the file, you must have edit access to the report.
• The report must have been created by using Power BI Desktop and published to the Power BI service, or the .pbix file must have been uploaded to the Power BI service.
• Reports must be published or updated after November 23, 2016. Reports published earlier aren't downloadable.
• This feature won't work with reports and content packs originally created in the Power BI service, unless the report was created through the quick create experience.
• Always use the latest version of Power BI Desktop when you open downloaded files. Downloaded .pbix files might not open in non-current versions of Power BI Desktop. For example, you cannot open downloaded .pbix files using a Desktop version that does not support information protection.
• If your administrator has turned off the ability to download data, this feature won't be visible in the Power BI service.
• Datasets with incremental refresh can't be downloaded to a .pbix file.
• Datasets enabled for large models can't be downloaded to a .pbix file.
• Live connect reports can't be downloaded to a .pbix file.
• Downloading a .pbix file after deployment isn't supported as part of the deployment pipeline (ALM).
• Usage metric reports can't be downloaded to a .pbix file
• Datasets modified by using the XMLA endpoint can't be downloaded to a .pbix file.
• If you create a Power BI report based on a dataset in one workspace and publish to a different workspace, you and your users won't be able to download it. The download feature is currently not supported in this scenario.

Wish it is helpful for you!

Best Regards

Lucien