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PowerBI Version Control Options
Good day,
Currently, the pbix files are stored within the Sharepoint Online Document Library.
Well it only stores the Prod file and the prev gets archived with a datestamp
Are there other freebie options, perhaps PBI services integrated with Azure or a better method within SharePoint or a freebie tool?
Regards
With SharePoint, I would just use the version history - not archive every time. Either upload and replace the file, which will create a version, or have everyone sync the library and it'll make a new version when you save and close the file.
If you're looking for something fancier, I would check out the ALM Toolkit. I've not used it myself, but it's reasonably popular: https://www.sqlbi.com/tools/alm-toolkit/
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With SharePoint, I would just use the version history - not archive every time. Either upload and replace the file, which will create a version, or have everyone sync the library and it'll make a new version when you save and close the file.
If you're looking for something fancier, I would check out the ALM Toolkit. I've not used it myself, but it's reasonably popular: https://www.sqlbi.com/tools/alm-toolkit/
Thank You, I am investigating ALM
Is there a method within SharePoint that one can store the previous file with a version number as i think SharePoint version history has an expiry date
It will automatically increment a version number. You can get to the version history from the ellipsis menu next to the file (under advanced if I recall?). Clicking on the date next to a version will download the version, and you can restore versions from that menu also.
There's no expiry on the history - there is a number of versions limit that is set in library settings, are you thinking of that? I've personally seen files with 6000+ versions going back 10 years or more.
