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pbix vs pbit
Hi Anonymous ,
PBIT file is much smaller than the PBIX file. The reason for this is it keeps all the reporting structure along with the data model schema for your data. This allows you to do all the transformations and reporting changes in this file.
The only benefit of having a PBIT file is from data security point in the scenarios where you don't want to share the data.
Refer follwing link for more details:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZXhtyszO-8
Thanks,
Pragati
Hi Anonymous ,
PBIT is a template.
You create your model and visuals and save it as template (PBIT).
When you open the file you are gonna load the data and see the full report with data + visuals and save it as PBIX file to publish it.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/create-reports/desktop-templates
Microsoft says that templates do not contain any data, where as i am able to see and also apply transformations on the data. how is it possible?