The wait is over! A few months ago, we shared that TMDL View on the Web was coming soon to preview. Now it’s here, bringing the code-first semantic modeling experience directly to your browser. With...
Updated 1 month ago
Version 1.0
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If there are errors in model it fails to load in TMDL Web viewer.
Open Model using PBI Desktop and make a breaking change. Save it and publish to Service. Now try to open in service it will not load in TMDL Viewer on web.
saralam, love having this capability in Desktop and look forward to using online! Made a recent migration project for 100+ measures a lot easier to move.
That said, we have seen cases reminiscient of nsidhu's where we do something in TMDL on a DirectLake model that the model accepts, but the web view then errors when you try to edit model, so you can only edit in Desktop. ☹️ Would love to see that fixed so these operations can be done everywhere.
Example would be duplicating a table reference for a roleplaying dimension (e.g., two date tables in model from same DB table). Chris Webb has a blog on methodology and other users in comments there report same issue: Role-playing dimensions in Fabric Direct Lake semantic models revisited