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edwardrmiles
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10 years ago
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Source / Version Control for PBIX files

Does anyone have any suggestions for version cotrolling PBIX files?     My primary need would be describing the changes when I check it in.  In a perfect world I'd also be able to compare file elem...
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    Anonymous
    10 years ago

    edwardrmiles Well, I can speak to how it acts in VS 2015. (but I would imagine it works just as well in other versions)

    Create a folder under a solution, add your PBIX files.
    Double click on your PBIX file, and the Power BI Desktop opens.

    Make Changes, and the PBIX file acts like other VS objects and is marked as altered and must be checked back in.

     

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alwyng
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9 years ago

We use TFS in conjunction with GIT to source control. Unfortunately the PBIX files aren't text/xml based as you would find in for example SSRS rdl files. But GIT allows us to add a commit message documenting what the change was. Multiple changes=multiple commits. GIT also allows us to source control outside of VS.