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Helper VLooking for options to document PBI Data Model view
I'd like to take screen shots of my PBI Data Model (desktop) and use them as active documentation. The goal is to use the screenshot as a report page background, then add a few data cards, shapes of buttons on top. Unfortunately I see no way to change the dark gray background. Attaching one example from PBI Desktop and one from SSAS which looks much better, but it's not the same application.
Plan B: suggestions for a tool which can read the DM and produce a clean document for end-user consumption.
Plan C: Old-School DIY in PowerPoint.
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Meagan Longoria made a sample PBI File a long while ago which connects to the internals of your .pbix file.
There's probably some more alternatives out on the interwebz.
Coincidentally, Danish MVP Bent Nissen Pedersen is doing a user group session for us on Wednesday on Automating Documentation for PBI & Analysis Services models. Feel free to join us, or I'll try to remember to link you the recording afterwards.
I've yet to see his solution myself, but I heard nice things about it..
/shameless plug 😊
- tommy_g
Thanks for pointing me to Meagan's work on documenting the model, this will be handy later.
I have not found any options for visual documentation of the model, I will move on to Plan B.
