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Sharing .PBIX files between users with different Bit computers
Hi. I have searched on internet and forums for a solution for a problem. It seems that we have a different situation than most of the PowerBI users. We have a numbers of customers which all use t...
- Maybe this will help you: https://guyinacube.com/2017/09/parameters-templates-power-bi-desktop/
As Eno1978 pointed out, a template may solve your problem, because it will not save any data with the pbix file and you can use the parameters to ask for customer specific settings.
JZrgNd I might not understand the question, but it sounds like a scenario in which customer A builds a report and customer B wants to use the same layout to see their data in. NOT that customer A wants to share their data with customer B... accurate?
In the above case, as long as the datasets are the same in both databases, this should work. If it won't in the prompts, I would suggest making the changes to the M code directly in the advanced editor. Another option would be to have Customer A save their PBIX as a Template, that might ease the transition.
What errors is Customer B seeing?
I would also check out this solution: https://powerbi.tips/2017/03/using-parameters-to-enable-sharing/