Power BI Desktop Bridge (June 2026 Preview)

I tried it and it is working for me. Below are the documents and steps I followed

https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Power-BI-Updates-Blog/Power-BI-Desktop-Bridge-Preview/ba-p/5227769
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/developer/agentic/power-bi-desktop-bridge-overview

1. Make sure you installed June version of Power BI desktop and "Enable external tool access to Power BI Desktop through secure local APIs" is enabled.
2. Install Node.js if you don't already have it (this CLI needs Node, not Python).
3. Install the Desktop Bridge CLI globally via npm

   npm install -g Microsoft/powerbi-desktop-bridge-cli

   4. Once installed, you get the powerbi-desktop command

      You will be able to run the below commands

      powerbi-desktop manifest, to see what the bridge supports
      powerbi-desktop status, to check running Desktop instances
      powerbi-desktop reload, to reload on-disk changes into Desktop
      powerbi-desktop screenshot-all, to screenshot every report page

      Note: to use these commands make sure you opened a report in PBIP format in your Power BI Desktop.

       

       

       

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