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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 Ser...
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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
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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
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    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
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      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.

      • Anonymous's avatar
        Anonymous
        Not applicable
        1 year ago

        Even with a single blank page (I don't see a way to remove the base page), both a report and model will be published if saved as pbix. 

        Copilot suggests the solution of saving as .pbit, then deploying. But this does not work either because the .pbit must be saved as .pbix first 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