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Jpalji
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6 years ago
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How to use same power BI file by team to develop reports?

Hi Team,

 

Please advise how to use the same Power BI file by different people in a team at the same time to develop a report?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Regards,

VK

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  • v-xicai's avatar
    v-xicai
    6 years ago

    Hi Jpalji ,

     

    You may not work individually in the desktops and get changes into one file at the same time.

     

    If you must do some works in Power BI Desktop, as a workaround, the first team can finish parts of changing works in Power BI Desktop, then publish to Power BI Service, the second team using the same account can download the pbix file, and finish the remain works.

     

    Best Regards,

    Amy

     

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    v-xicai
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    6 years ago

    Hi Jpalji ,

     

    You can publish the pbix file from Power BI Desktop to Power BI Service. For the on premise data source, you may need to install and configure gateway, see more: On-premises data gateway . And you can also configure refresh for the dataset, see more: Manage data sources, Merge or append on-premises and cloud data sources ,Configure scheduled refresh. Then you can allow the users in a team to create and change the published content with the same Power BI Service account, don’t forget to save it after changing.

     

    Best Regards,

    Amy

     

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    • Jpalji's avatar
      Jpalji
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      6 years ago

      Hi v-xicai,

       

      Thanks for the reply, we are a team of two working from different places on Power BI desktop report and building the same report page, is there any way we can work individually on our desktops and get changes into one file after development?

       

      Just like we merge changes made to code by different members in a team by using DevOps/TFS.

       

      Thanks in advance.

       

      Regards,

      VK

      • v-xicai's avatar
        v-xicai
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        6 years ago

        Hi Jpalji ,

         

        You may not work individually in the desktops and get changes into one file at the same time.

         

        If you must do some works in Power BI Desktop, as a workaround, the first team can finish parts of changing works in Power BI Desktop, then publish to Power BI Service, the second team using the same account can download the pbix file, and finish the remain works.

         

        Best Regards,

        Amy

         

        If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.