How to get log of changes made in a power bi file

[Antmkjr]

Is there a way to get a log of changes that had happened to a pbi file either in pbi service or locally?

ie. any method to identify what changes had happened?

[v-jayw-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @Antmkjr ,

On Power BI Desktop, go to File—>Option and Settings—>Options—>Diagnostics—>Enable tracing —> Open traces folder, then you will find the Power BI log files.

For more details please refer:

https://ruiromanoblog.wordpress.com/2016/01/08/power-bi-desktop-trace-logs-analyser/ .

Best Regards,

Jay

[Anonymous]

Hi,

The log file record all changes done by Power BI Desktop. But various .pbix files may have been changed, how could we know what changes have been made to a specific .pbix file?

[HarishKM]

@Antmkjr  Hey ,
You can try this mentioned option to see the changes made by developer in perticulor PBI table .

If it is fulfilling your requirement .Kindly give Kudos.


Harish

[bcdobbs]

Pbix files don't play well with normal version control like git unfortunately.

In terms of data model changes you could try ALM Toolkit to compare two files.

I did see this in a blog post but haven't tried it: 

https://powerbi.tips/2021/02/power-bi-version-control/amp/