Version control for published dataset

[SampaSim]

Hi all,

I would like to know the best practices to apply in version control of the published dataset within power bi service. 

I need to control all the datasets of my company. All the users of my company can publish datasets, this means that I have to control not only mine datasets but also datasets published by other users.

I would like to know if there is a way to download only the pbit or the metadata related to a dataset or if there exists a tool which helps me in version control.

Kind regards and Thank you in advance

[Greg_Deckler · Accepted solution]

@SampaSim - You cannot download just the PBIT, you would have to download the PBIX and then save to a PBIT. And then put that in GitHub or SharePoint document library, etc.

[Greg_Deckler · Accepted solution]

@SampaSim - You cannot download just the PBIT, you would have to download the PBIX and then save to a PBIT. And then put that in GitHub or SharePoint document library, etc.

[SampaSim]

@Greg_Deckler Do you know if there exists an automated solution to do it? I need to control all the datasets published by the user of my company. Then it is possible that I have to download one hundred datasets of 1 GB and more and, then, save all them in a pbit format. It will require a lot of time.

[v-diye-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @SampaSim 

You might take @Greg_Deckler 's suggestion into consideration for generate the pbix from power bi. but for convert them into pbit file bulkly, you might raise it as an idea in the portal:

https://ideas.powerbi.com/ideas/ 

[Greg_Deckler]

@SampaSim - I believe that the Power BI REST API allows you to download the PBIX file. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/power-bi/reports/exportreport

From there, saving it to a PBIT, I'm not aware of any native Power BI Desktop automation like the equivalent of VBA code for Excel for instance.