Provide API & Library to create local PBIX files

[marco4]

Enable ISVs and system integrators to generate "personal" PBIX files that have a ready-to-use data model and set of filtered data so that a user can navigate into an "exported" dataset. It would be very useful in many applications and service. This could be the format to exchange data models and not just data. It can only provide benefit to the Power BI service also in terms of user adoption,

[nishalit]

Great idea, Marco. Our Developer APIs are still evolving and this is great feedback. Anyone else think this is an area in which we should invest? Please vote!

[mike_blake]

Sounds good

[konradmd]

This would be a great opportunity to change the connections strings / database without any user interaction.

[m_abergo]

Two days ago we did a meeting with Aviv and other guys and we talked about this and we explained that there are a big opportunities in involving software house and ISV with this feature.

[m_abergo]

I completely agree with this request which is done several times in a different ways. Every ISV needs to work with the local PBIX using API (.net library) to change the data model or to change the data source connection. Absolutely important of any ISV and System Integrator.

[milos1]

Must have. Like power pivot in beginning there was no api, then with excel 2013 and some updates it started to be very usefull tool to ISV

[viferenc1]

It would save a lot of time for us, since we have to create lots of custom reports from many data files and setting up all these data sources are time consuming. Thank you very much in advance for considering this. Any plans to implement it?

[ciera_mayes]

Please!

[micha76]

This would allow the ability to programatically add measures to multiple tables. And to reduce human error when doing repetitive tasks. Please add feature/specifications to allow the model to be updated outside of PowerBi. What XML files to edit? etc...

[JAPRIEST]

This is a critical feature for ISV adoption of PowerBI Embedded! The ability to programmatically create the PBIX, then publish and embed, is a key enabler.