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documentation for DataModelSchema from pbit

I exported a powerbi Desktop as a template and started looking at the resutling filles, DataModelSchema in particular

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Reviewing the json, there is a bit I was able to understand, but equally, lots I have not been able to understand. Is there any documentation regarding this?

 

I am interested in interpretation of this section:

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specifically, the Enitities and Relationships, which expand to:

 

Where an entity expands to:

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which is a column in one of my tables, but what does each of these metadata mean ? What does the Type/State/Weight mean? How does it impact the file?

 

Similarly, Relationships expands to:

alexhuhn2019_3-1623153181232.png

 

Is there a place where I can get a definition of each of the keys in these key:value pairs when I expand it further (ie wha is Target?, what is Subject/Object mean? what does State: Generated mean?, 

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Anonymous
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HI @Anonymous,

AFAIK, power bi data model is based on AS tabular instance. If you want to know more about this scheme and its properties, you can take a look at the following links:

Tabular Object Model (TOM) in AMO | Microsoft Docs

Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng

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Anonymous
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HI @Anonymous,

AFAIK, power bi data model is based on AS tabular instance. If you want to know more about this scheme and its properties, you can take a look at the following links:

Tabular Object Model (TOM) in AMO | Microsoft Docs

Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng

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