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What are the advantages of using templates?
Basically I could create a pbix report and apply this as a template as well. What's the big difference between pbit and pbix then?
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In short:
- A template file contains only the query definitions, data model and reports, but not the data. So it's very small.
- When opening a pbit file the user can enter parameter values. Then only the data matching these query parameters is loaded.
This is a good read about pbit template files.
https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/deep-dive-into-query-parameters-and-power-bi-templates/
In short:
- A template file contains only the query definitions, data model and reports, but not the data. So it's very small.
- When opening a pbit file the user can enter parameter values. Then only the data matching these query parameters is loaded.
This is a good read about pbit template files.
https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/deep-dive-into-query-parameters-and-power-bi-templates/
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