Synchronizing workspace content to a DevOps repo doesn't create pbip files

[Martin_D]

Hi,

My scenario:

I have existing workspaces with content, primarily semantic models and reports. Now I want to start using DevOps repos. So I created a repo, linked the empty repo to the workspace, and synchronized to workspace content to the repo. This worked fine and now I have files in my repo. They seem to comply with the pbip file structure, but no pbip file is generate. I.e., all the files of the file structure are there, except the pbip files. The problem with this is, this way I cannot open anything in Power BI Desktop.

That's a childish problem, because I can just create a pbip file my self, which is a small file like this, and then it works:

{
  "version": "1.0",
  "artifacts": [
    {
      "report": {
        "path": "Adoption Roadmap Assessment.Report"
      }
    }
  ],
  "settings": {
    "enableAutoRecovery": true
  }
}

Remark: This workspace content was created through a Fabric deployment pipeline.

So I wonder, why are the pbip files not generated? Is there a way that Power BI already generates the pbip files when synchronizing the workspace content to the repo? Is this as intended, or is this a bug?

Thank you very much!

Kind regards,

Martin

[v-saisrao-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @Martin_D 

I hope you are doing well.

Apologies for the delayed response. The PBIP is currently in preview mode, and only Microsoft will update it to the full version soon.

Once the full version is launched, it will be available on the site below:

What's New? - Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Learn

If this helps then please Accept it as a solution and dropping a "Kudos" so other members can find it more easily.

Thank you.

[Martin_D]

Thank you @v-saisrao-msft I will wait.

[GilbertQ]

Hi @Martin_D 

As far as I'm aware, because you are sinking from workspace into your Dev OPS, it will not create the PBIP file by default because that file does not exist in the service.

[Martin_D]

Thank you @GilbertQ ,

Obviously that's the dependency. That's not your fault, but is this a reason? It's deterministic what these pbip files need to look like, so Microsoft could just create them to make the reports usable in Power BI Desktop. It's not that hard. It's less effort for Microsoft to just create these files than reasoning to customers why it should be reasonable to not create them. I could simply wirte a script that creates these files in the repo. But is this really what I get from a pretty expensive tool?

Kind regards,

Martin

[Tech_Geek]

Could you please tell me if this problem has been solved and if yes how did you fix it?

Thanks in advance.