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[Janewhite]

Good morning, everyone!

I'm seeking advice on creating reports using Power BI (PBI) as our dataset grows and we develop more reports.

Sometimes, when we need to relocate or make minor modifications to the relationships within the reports, it can inadvertently impact other reports.

I'm wondering if there are any plugins, reports, or tools available that can notify us if a report is broken or affected when we make changes to a PBI relationship and intend to publish it. I understand it may be a challenging task, but any advice or tips on how to address this issue would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

[v-jingzhang · Accepted solution]

Hi @Janewhite 

You can use the Data lineage view in Power BI Service to see the lineage relationships between all the artifacts in a workspace, and all its external dependencies. It can help you understand the flow of data from the data source to its destination. You can see in which reports a dataset is used. Data lineage - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

You can also use the Dataset impact analysis feature to assess the potential impact of the changes on downstream reports and dashboards that depend on that dataset. It provides an easy way to notify the relevant people about a change you made or are thinking about making. Dataset impact analysis - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

Both of above features can help you understand which reports may be affected by a dataset if that dataset is modified, but they cannot tell you how those changes would affect each report internally. By far I don't find any tool that can assess whether dataset changes would break a report that is using it. 

Hope this helps. 

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Jing
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