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Multiple users using PowerBI desktop in parallel
KyleEdw there is no such method to work parallel on same power bi file, what we did is used SharePoint file check-in and check out procedure, so when a user wants to work, it checks out the file, do his work, check back in and log his changes and then next user can take over it. it keeps the changelog and version history and avoids multiple users to work on at the same time.
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You understood correctly, the use case would be for having multiple users to be able to have access to .pbix file and edit and work in parallel in PBI desktop (and ensure no work done on one persons PBI desktop file overwrites / repeats another) - and as you said - at the moment it isnt possible. My reponse was slightly confusing, in that I was purely confirming this 'sharepoint log and save process' you set up helps tackle the technical barrier of multiple users editing a .pbix file on PBI desktop, but you havent neccesarily had to set up any process/best practice in regards to multiple users working on the PBI online service and pushing changes (be that in datasets or any report optimizations which are obviously related and trickle down to the .pbix file on PBI desktop where the sole-user works in)? More of a highlevel question, hope it wasnt overly technical 🙂 Thx for confirming
KyleEdw at least we are on the same page 👍, yes, sharepoint is one way to avoid overriding changes. Regarding publishing to service, I believe deployment pipeline addresses that somewhat and should be the way to go.
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