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Kalaiselvan
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1 year ago
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Re-Publish semantic model without report

Hi,

When I amend the semantic model and re-publishing to Power BI Services, it's publishing along with report.

I have to publish the semantic model alone, the reports can be created in Power BI Service. When I am re-publishing the semantic model, only model alone should be published in Power BI Services not the report.

Is there any way to achieve this?

Thanks

Kalaiselvan

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  • nilendraFabric's avatar
    nilendraFabric
    1 year ago

    Hello Kalaiselvan 

     

    In Power BI, when you publish a semantic model from Power BI Desktop to the Power BI Service, it automatically includes the associated report. Unfortunately, there is no direct way to publish only the semantic model without the report.

     

    try Power BI REST API to programmatically upload a dataset without an associated report

    Or 

    save your Power BI Desktop file as a Power BI Template (.pbit) file, which contains the dataset definition but not the data. You can then share this template file with others, who can use it to create their own reports

     

    Thanks

     

     

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  • rajendraongole1's avatar
    rajendraongole1
    Icon for Super User rankSuper User
    1 year ago

    Hi Kalaiselvan  - Yes, you can publish only the semantic model (dataset) to Power BI Service without overwriting or including the report. 

    Instead of publishing the full PBIX file (which includes both the report and the dataset), you can upload only the semantic model (dataset) to Power BI Service.

     

     

     

    Go to File > Options and settings > Options.
    Under Current File, select Publishing Settings.
    Check the option "Upload the semantic model without a report".
    Click OK and then publish as usual.

     

    second approach:

    If your organization wants to maintain a separate workspace for the dataset, you can:

    Publish the semantic model (dataset) to a dedicated workspace (e.g., "Data Models").
    Then, in Power BI Service, create reports in a different workspace and connect them to the published dataset.

    • Kalaiselvan's avatar
      Kalaiselvan
      Frequent Visitor
      1 year ago

      Hi rajendraongole1,

       

      Thanks for your swift response. I checked and couldn't find the below option under 'Published semantic model setting'. Could you please check and advise.

       

      • Check the option "Upload the semantic model without a report".

       

      Thanks

      Kalaiselvan

       

      • rajendraongole1's avatar
        rajendraongole1
        Icon for Super User rankSuper User
        1 year ago

        Hi Kalaiselvan  - i think there is a changes, can you follow the simple approach then ., 

        1. Open Power BI Desktop.
        2. Click File → Save As and create a new copy of your file.
        3. Delete all report pages (so only the dataset remains).
        4. Save the file and publish it to Power BI Service.

        If your dataset and report are in the same PBIX file, you must delete the report pages before publishing.

    • satyakarri's avatar
      satyakarri
      Regular Visitor
      1 year ago

      Hello Rajendra,

      In the screenshot, this option isn't visible - Check the option "Upload the semantic model without a report".  Also, I don't see this option in my powerbi desktop too.  My desktop version is 2.146.1254..0 64-bit (August 2025).

      Thanks,

      Satya

  • nilendraFabric's avatar
    nilendraFabric
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    1 year ago

    Hello Kalaiselvan 

     

    In Power BI, when you publish a semantic model from Power BI Desktop to the Power BI Service, it automatically includes the associated report. Unfortunately, there is no direct way to publish only the semantic model without the report.

     

    try Power BI REST API to programmatically upload a dataset without an associated report

    Or 

    save your Power BI Desktop file as a Power BI Template (.pbit) file, which contains the dataset definition but not the data. You can then share this template file with others, who can use it to create their own reports

     

    Thanks

     

     

    • Kalaiselvan's avatar
      Kalaiselvan
      Frequent Visitor
      1 year ago

      Hello nilendraFabric,

       

      Thanks for your swift response. Is that Power BI Temaplate can be published as a semantic model to Power BI Services?

      I will have a look at REST API.

       

      Thanks

      Kalaiselvan

      • v-aatheeque's avatar
        v-aatheeque
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        1 year ago

        Hi Kalaiselvan ,

        We haven’t heard back from you regarding the last response and wanted to check if the answer provided by rajendraongole1  and nilendraFabric  resolved your issue.

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