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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
If so, then you want to save your file as a .pbit. Go to File|Save As| and select PowerBI Template (.pbit) as the file type. It will strip out your data but save all your report pages and customizations and greatly reduce the file size. Put a date-time stamp on the file name and you're ready to go!
That sounded so good, until it didn't work. ;-)
My file is still 332MB.