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dmbd1904
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2 years ago
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Opening New Power BI File Formats

I have set up Git Integration with Fabric Worspaces and this seems to be working well. But I can't seem to open up the Power BI files within Desktop. I'm looking for a similar experience to opening u...
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    Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Hi dmbd1904 ,

    For definition.pbir file, it contains the overall definition of a report and core settings. This file also holds the reference to the dataset used by the report. Power BI Desktop can open a pbir file directly, just the same as if the report were opened from a pbip file. Opening a pbir also opens the dataset alongside if there's a relative reference using byPath.

    {
      "version": "1.0",
      "datasetReference": {
        "byPath": {
          "path": "../Sales.Dataset"
        },
        "byConnection": null
      }
    }

     I try to open definition.pbir file in my Power BI Desktop, it works well.

     

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    Community Support Team_Binbin Yu
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