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pcoley
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4 months ago
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Free ways for students to try AI + MCP + Power BI development (semantic models & reports)

A group of students wants to experiment with “vibe coding” Power BI files — editing semantic models (TMDL/PBIP) and reports using some IA terminal or  directly in Visual Studio Code using AI agents. ...
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  • v-pnaroju-msft's avatar
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    3 months ago

    Hi pcoley,

    Based on our understanding, current MCP integrations and AI assisted workflows are well suited for semantic model development scenarios, including TMDL or PBIP editing, DAX generation, relationships, tables, metadata management, and Git based development. However, AI assisted report canvas or visual authoring is still evolving. Although PBIR projects are text or JSON based and can be edited through AI assisted workflows in VS Code, full visual canvas authoring equivalent to interactively designing reports inside Power BI Desktop is not yet fully mature across the ecosystem.

    Since AI assisted PBIR or report visual orchestration is still evolving, we kindly request you to consider sharing this scenario in the Fabric Ideas forum using the link :Fabric Ideas - Microsoft Fabric Community

     

    Additionally, please find the links below for your reference:
    Power BI Desktop projects (PBIP) - Power BI | Microsoft Learn
    Power BI Desktop project report folder - Power BI | Microsoft Learn
    Tabular Model Definition Language (TMDL) | Microsoft Learn

    We hope the information provided helps to resolve the issue. Should you have any further queries, please feel free to reach out to the Microsoft Fabric community.

    Thank you.

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v-pnaroju-msft
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4 months ago

Hi pcoley,

Thank you for your inquiry through the Microsoft Fabric Community Forum.

We kindly request you to go through the links below for reference:
Leveraging MCP Server Integration with Power BI Se... - Microsoft Fabric Community
pbi-cli Gi Claude Code the Power BI Skills It Need... - Microsoft Fabric Community
GitHub - microsoft/powerbi-modeling-mcp: The Power BI Modeling MCP Server, brings Power BI semantic modeling capabilities to your AI agents. · GitHub

Should you have any further queries, please feel free to contact the Microsoft Fabric Community.

Thank you.

 

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    pcoley
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    3 months ago

    v-pnaroju-msft many thanks for your post.
    We’re looking for completely free (or generous free-tier) solutions that allows us create/edit DAX measures, relationships, tables, and report visuals.

    As i know Claude Code needs at least Claude PRO subscription and just MCP won´t let us work with report visuals using the free version of any AI. 
    We keep looking for some free solution that let us manage the semantic model (as we can do with power bi mcp, but we also want to work with the elements at the canvas, handling themes, visualizations, reports,etc)
    I you have any suggestion we would appreciate your comments.