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AnassEss
Helper I
2 years ago
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Protect PBIX File from editing

Hi Community   Im new to Power BI and yet I found some really useful and good advice here to almost all the problems I had. The thing is, when I finished my PBIX file with all the info needed I wan...
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    Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Hi AnassEss 

     

    Unfortunately, there is no built-in way to password protect or lock a Power BI Desktop file (PBIX) from editing. Anyone who has access to the file can open it and make changes to it. This is because Power BI Desktop is designed as a development tool, not a distribution tool.

     

     

    Best Regards,

    Jayleny

     

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lbendlin's avatar
lbendlin
Super User
2 years ago

Read about CI/CD, git integration, and versioning. Putting your PBIX in a SharePoint document library is a simple way to be able to recover prior versions.

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AnassEss
Helper I
2 years ago

That was one of the options we were talking about yesterday, we will probably do so, Thanks once again and I apologyze if my previous reply was a bit rude.

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    lbendlin
    Super User
    2 years ago

    no need to apologize - didn't see anything rude.