Power BI developer solutions documentation

Solutions and best practices for Power BI developers of all kinds. It provides a suite of features that enable developer focused capabilities like external tool support, script and API support, source control with Git integration, and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI\CD) with Azure DevOps. Microsoft Power BI Desktop developer mode brings Pro BI developer experiences right into Power BI Desktop.

Power BI Desktop projects

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• Power BI Desktop projects overview
• Project semantic model folder
• Project report folder
• Project Git integration
• Project Azure DevOps integration

Automation with Power BI REST APIs

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• Using the Fabric REST APIs
• Using the Power BI REST APIs
• Interact with Power BI reports using the Power BI REST API

Power BI CI/CD

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• Introduction to deployment pipelines
• Azure DevOps Integration
• Continuous integration with Azure DevOps and Git
• CI/CD with Git and Deployment Pipelines

Solutions and Best Practices

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• Hot and cold table partitions to optimize very large Power BI data models
• External tools in Power BI Tabular Object Model (TOM)
• Programming Power BI semantic models with the Tabular Object Model (TOM)

External tools

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• External tools in Power BI Desktop
• Register an external tool