pbix difference between desktop and browser?

[mbrunger-test]

Does anyone know why a report with the exact same data is larger when creating the report on the web vs the deskop app?

I importated the same data set and then generated a report for both online and desktop. 

Using the web my pbix was 451KB samedata creating a new report and downloading was 104KB even adding a chart the size was about 104KB

datamodel file was so much smaller?

Is there a way to look at the datamodel file?

[rajendraongole1 · Accepted solution]

Hi @mbrunger-test -The size difference between a Power BI report created on the web due below various factors such as Power BI service might add additional metadata or cache elements when you create a report directly on the web.

Different compression techniques might be applied when importing data on the web vs. the desktop app.

In Power BI desktop app might apply certain optimizations that the web service does not, or vice versa.

Power BI service might include additional features or optimizations that are not present in the desktop app.

You can use the Vertipaq Analyzer tool or DAX Studio to analyze the size of your data model and see which tables or columns are contributing most to the size.

Hope the above information is helpful

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