dataset desktop

[stephen_morris1]

Power BI desktop is so very very useful, but is undermined a little by the fact that if you use Power BI desktop want to publish multiple reports, you end up with redundant datasets. In an ideal world: a) you should be able to publish a dataset from Power BI desktop - without a report. I have done this with a nearly empty report page and then deleted the report. b) then you should be able to add reports that use that existing dataset. Unfortunately, this can only be done with the online editor at present. It is essential people can travel with this data and Power BI desktop should be able to use an online datasets and reuse it rather than having to reconnect back to the original source e.g. SQL server. This is also important for a few reasons: *) this is currently the only way to get a backup of reports *) offline working - I often write reports while commuting and so can only use Power BI for that *) this would then allow offline editing using Power BI desktop, but stop the build up of duplicate data sets from happening *) it would also stop the unnecessary extra storage and redundant SQL queries from being needed

[niels9]

This would be a great feature and, in my opinion, makes perfect sense. It would remove the logic of a data model out of a report, making it easier to reuse and to maintain. It feels very illogical to me, to have to open one report to change the dataset while working on my other report that makes use of the same dataset.

[Plamen_Ivanov]

Sadly is 2025 and it's not implemented but would be very useful for the reasons stated