I want to be able to edit a Direct Lake semantic model and Power BI report at the same time, in the same instance of Power BI desktop. Similar to the default behavior when creating an import mode report.
With Direct Lake, we don't have a report view when editing a semantic model. Instead, we need to create a thin report.
Problems with thin reports are:
- whenever a measure changes name in the semantic model, the report breaks
- whenever a measure changes its base table, the report breaks
- etc.
Working with a semantic model and a report in the same instance of Power BI Desktop is much more pleasant and a much smoother experience, because the measure names automatically get updated in the report when a change is made in the semantic model.
Particularly when developing a report, where changes are frequently made (we work agile), this would be a huge benefit.
Currently, this is a reason for me to use Import Mode instead of Direct Lake mode.
Alternatively: make the child reports (thin reports) reference the lineage tag of a measure, so that the thin report won't break even if the measure name changes.
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