Export data model from Power BI Desktop to excel (Power Pivot)

Just the information I have been searching for Mike.  I have been looking at this from the refresh angle  in that queries in excel using a BI dataset only query to the most recent refresh (8 times a day max).  Whereas if the model itelf sits in excel then it will refresh to the live source.   So I need to pull the model back into excel piece by piece using copy paste and then probably create my models there first in future if I want things to refresh to live data.  Clunky because, as you say, it is not as easy to build there but necessary.

I wish someone had told me this when I started out!  But think positively - what a wonder opportuniity to revisit all the logic and maybe make improvements as I go.  If anyone in the know stops by this post - do we think Microsoft will be enabling a full model export in the other direction any time soon?