Deploy model to Power BI Workspace from Visual Studio 2017

[Anonymous]

Hi all,

Recently, the XMLA endpoints Read/Write capability was released into preview for Premium Capacity workspaces. See the video here.

As I was trying out this new feature, I wanted to try and deploy an existing level 1500 Tabular Model currently hosted in Azure Analysis Services. However, after following these instructions I am prompted with a error. 

Cannot deploy metadata. Reason: This operation is not supported by the Power BI Premium product.

What could be the problem here?

[Greg_Deckler]

You could check the Issues forum here:

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Issues/idb-p/Issues

And if it is not there, then you could post it.

If you have Pro account you could try to open a support ticket. If you have a Pro account it is free. Go to https://support.powerbi.com. Scroll down and click "CREATE SUPPORT TICKET".

[Anonymous]

Thank you for your reply, @Greg_Deckler. I have filled a support ticket.

[Anonymous]

I found a blog post by @nickyvv on the very same subject. 

At the end of the blog post it mentions some important points to go over:

• Go read the documentation first  ✓
• Enable Read Write for XMLA Endpoints at your Premium Capacity ✓
• Enable the Export data setting in the Power BI Admin Portal ✓
• Make sure your localhost is compat level 1500 or use the Integrated Workspace Mode ✓
• Delete any role memberships in your model during the public preview ✓
• A write operation on a dataset will prevent it from being downloaded back as a PBIX file   N/A
• Did I already mention it is still a preview feature? 🙂

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Alright, so after explaining the new possibilities to a collegae I noticed something. When going through the tenant capacity settings (https://app.powerbi.com/admin-portal/capacities/) the XMLA-endpoint was still "read" instead of "Read Write". 

So the solution was to change the settings, and scroll down and hit "Apply".

@nickyvv Thanks for your article, going through it once more solved the problem.

[nickyvv]

Thanks @Anonymous, glad I could be of help!