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Re-Publish semantic model without report
- 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
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
Hi Kalaiselvan - i think there is a changes, can you follow the simple approach then .,
- Open Power BI Desktop.
- Click File → Save As and create a new copy of your file.
- Delete all report pages (so only the dataset remains).
- 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.
- Anonymous1 year agoNot applicable
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.