Conversion support will be useful in many case including CI/CD implementations on Azure DevOps where we can store as PBIP file in git then convert to PBIX before publish. (since PowerBI API did not ...
The new developer mode in PowerBI desktop is a fantastic addition. We plan to use it extensively especially for the files in import mode, we would like to have the option to convert a .pbip (which is the format that git repos will hold) to a .pbix through DevOps pipelines. It would be even better if you can add this option to the Azure DevOps extension, Power BI automation tools.
From what I saw in the documentation this is not possible yet.
