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Max_25
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1 year ago
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Delete all data for measure cleanup

Hi everyone,   Situation: I am new to PowerBI and got a really huge dashboard file from a colleague who left. The file has a lot of measures from which I suspect most are not in use anymore and I...
  • rohit1991's avatar
    1 year ago

    Hi Max_25 

     

    The right way to do this is to export your report as a Power BI Template (.pbit).

    • In Power BI Desktop, go to File > Export > Power BI template.

    • A .pbit file keeps all the report structure (pages, visuals, relationships, measures, model) but removes all the loaded data.

    • When you open the .pbit on another PC, it will prompt for data connections, and you can then run tools like Power BI Helper or DAX Studio there to clean up unused measures.