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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's avatar
    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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kodonnell
Frequent Visitor
8 years ago

Ah, I don't know if it's actually ready to install yet (need to make that clear in the readme). Just copy the files and run them - no need to install anything.

 

Can you post on the github issues page in future? Thanks

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realquo
Advocate I
8 years ago

Hi!

 

Thanks for clarifying, I'll follow up on Github for the future,

best,

S