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Power BI project files

Power BI project files

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Power BI project files

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- [Instructor] To use source control in a Power BI desktop file, start by saving your project as a project desktop file. You'll need to save your project as its new type of file to use source control. This will break up the PBIX file into several files in folders. The Power BI reporting elements and semantic model are split into two different folders and a .gitignore file. The .gitignore file is a two line text file used by GitHub. The Filename.Dataset folder, prefaced by the name of your file, will contain information about your data model. The Filename.Report file contains details about your report pages. Both of these include JSON files with the underlying elements, which you need to review the differences. Let's take a look at what it takes to save a Power BI report in a format designed for source control. To do that is easy. All we need to do is go to file, save as, and in this dropdown box where it says PBIX, we're going to change this to PBIP, and I'm going to select my folder,…

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