Create Power BI report definition like you are doing with TMDL

[mike42]

I would like to see a report definition that is similar to the newly announced Tabular Model Definition Language (TMDL)

I'd like to see all the bookmarks

Page details

Visual postions

Theme file definitions

All of this should be exposed as files in a similar way that PBI-Tools does today.

The Community Loves this idea:

(6) The Future of Version Control for Tabular Models - Mathias Thierbach,Gabi Münster - YouTube

PBI-Tools

https://pbi.tools/

[es6]

Yes please - this would make it possible to automate reportbuilding and ci/cd possible as well

[Paul_Holmes1]

This, alongside TMDL for modelling, would be a game changer for our organisation.

Wishes would be:

• Human readable, mergeable format.
• Directly openable and saveable in PBI Desktop (not auxiliary 'Import' / 'Export' functions)

[fbcideas_migusr]

Here is some more Input from the community:

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7045066544371924993/

Would you like the ability to Edit the Code inside a PBIX

Oh Yes Please, 79%

No Thank you, 21%

Total votes 741

https://twitter.com/PowerBITips/status/1639302669494829057?s=20

Who would like a Power BI report definition that is editable as code?

Yes, I Need this, 88.7%

No, I'll Stay in Desktop, 11.3%

Total Votes 106

[James_Bartlett]

How about calling it "Canvas Report Definition Language"?