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Removing data from .pbix file?
Does anyone know how to dump the data from a report file (while leaving everything else intact)? We are backing up our report files daily and each file is like 300+MB. Is there a way of dumpi...
I've just been trying this myself and observed different behaviour depending on how you save the .pbit
File > Save As > .pbit = File size roughly equal to the original report
File > Export > Power BI Template = Significantly reduced file size
I've just been trying this myself and observed different behaviour depending on how you save the .pbit
File > Save As > .pbit = File size roughly equal to the original report
File > Export > Power BI Template = Significantly reduced file size
You are totally right. Exporting as PBIT did the trick.
It's unfortunate that I never received your reply when you made it. (Came across it by accident today and after testing can confirm that it works.)
Thank you very much.