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yizhon
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8 years ago

PowerBI App for GitHub

I have a question about the PowerBI App for GitHub. I couldn't find a way to create it from PowerBI desktop, so I created it from the web portal. I have a dashboard and report now, but I need to cust...
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v-ljerr-msft
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8 years ago

Hi yizhon,

 

You should be able to use the GitHub (Beta) connector to import data from GitHub with Power BI Desktop. :smileyhappy:

 

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In addition, here is a good article about how to use Power BI to get GitHub Reports for your reference.

 

Regards

yizhon's avatar
yizhon
Regular Visitor
8 years ago

Bump, can I get an answer on this?

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    v-ljerr-msft
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    8 years ago

    Hi yizhon,

     

    As there is no a template(pbit file) for GitHub reports available currently, you may need to create the reports from scratch with Power BI Desktop to customize the data mode and do more calculations for GitHub. :smileyhappy:

     

    Regards

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      yizhon
      Regular Visitor
      8 years ago

      Where can I leave a request for getting the pbit file?  This seems like a huge limitation and truly frustrating customer experience.  

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        v-ljerr-msft
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        8 years ago

        Hi yizhon,

         

        You can submit your requirement on Power BI Ideas forum to improve Power BI on the feature. :smileyhappy:

         

        Regards