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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
That's because the template removed the loaded data. As it's name suggest, it is just a template
Agreed. I was pointing out that the OP may have experienced the same where Save As template doesn't reduce the file size, but Export as template does.