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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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Anonymous
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10 years ago

edwardrmiles I don't know about other tools, but you could use Team Foundation Server (TFS) combined with Visual Studio to track and add comments to changes in a check in/ check out procedure.

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syvargas
Microsoft Employee
8 years ago

The problem is not placing the PBIX file in source control.  The issue is to compress the PBIX file when it contains data (ie. Import Data Connectivity mode).

Any ideas?