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How to decompress DataModel from PBIX file.
Hi, Recently I have played around with .pbix files. I've tried to unzip the file and open DataModel. The main obstacle is that I can only read "This backup was created using XPress9 compression."...
For those that are still looking for an alternative option without having to decompress files: You can save your pbix file as pbip now (might not have been available when the question was raised), which will extract all files in a readable format (json, xml, etc).
You can pretty much open all files in a text editor and derive the info from there, like the relationships, DAX queries, power queries, etc.
It can also help with version controlling the reports in tools like Github as you can track changes.