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RobotMoses
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8 years ago

Opening / Editing a datamodel.file

I am trying to read a Power Bi DataModel.file (unkown type). I have tried Edge, Word, Notepad, Notepad++, Chrome and Visual Studio.   This is one of the files a Power Bi is comprised of, it appears...
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v-huizhn-msft
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8 years ago

Hi RobotMoses,

How do you get DataModel.file, the suffix of the file is .file? I havn't seen such type document before. And what software did you use to zip the file.

Best Regards,
Angelia

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RobotMoses
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8 years ago

I used WinRAR to zip the file.

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    v-huizhn-msft
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    8 years ago

    Hi RobotMoses,

    Ok, got it. You use WinRAR to zip the .pbix file. From what I know, I don't know other file to open .pbix file. Here is a blog, hope it's useful.

    Best Regards,
    Angelia