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Anonymous
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Power Bi Template

Hi,

Is there a feature in Power Bi , where we can create a template so that we can use different datasource(cross domain) for the same template and show the result with the same template dashboard?

 

Thanks,

Ravi

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  • Phil_Seamark's avatar
    Phil_Seamark
    9 years ago

    Not so much for Dashboards, but you can easily do this for reports.

     

    Simply create your report using Power BI Desktop.  Then when you go File -> Save As, change the Save as type to be Power BI Template File (*,ppit)

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  • Phil_Seamark's avatar
    Phil_Seamark
    Microsoft Employee
    9 years ago

    Not so much for Dashboards, but you can easily do this for reports.

     

    Simply create your report using Power BI Desktop.  Then when you go File -> Save As, change the Save as type to be Power BI Template File (*,ppit)

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      Anonymous
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      9 years ago

      Thanks, also I am looking for an option where I can replace the existing Datasource, for eg. replacing a Employee salary with a weather report which is having  different column names and data types compared to the original data source(Employee salary)

      and the report should accept the changes dynamically and display the output.

       

      Thanks,

      Ravi

      • Phil_Seamark's avatar
        Phil_Seamark
        Microsoft Employee
        9 years ago

        You can kind of do this now via the API but I don't think it will be as fully featured as you need.

         

        eg, you can post a data structure including tables, columns relationships and some measures.  You would need a mechanism to generate a structure but depending how complex your needs are it might work.

         

        There is more detail here about how it works https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/mt147898.aspx but you'll need some development experience.