A client of mine is asking me to export the data from a table or matrix visualization to an excel file for custom reports.
I checked out an excel plugin but couldnt make it work.
Can this be made? Is it one of the premium features only?
Yes it can be done. You can do it like this from Power Bi.
Another approach is if he has an account to power bi that has access to the report he can use an excel plugin to connect to the tabular model.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/publisher-for-excel
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I need help in below PBI Requirement--
currently, we are using data from one static excel file in Power BI and whenever new changes are require, we edit the excel and save it into update file.
User's requirement is to have a form in power bi in which user can enter the data and it should get updated in the excel and loaded into the power BI.
Please let me know if any one have done this.
Manual I did but Dynamic it is not getting written some M-code and all
Connect your PowerBI dataset having excel data to power Apps(PowerApps visual),powerapps automatically creates a user editable form with available columns or you can create a form according to your requirement which you can access from power bi through powerapps visual.
I have a power bi report that connects to another power bi dataset.
I want to import an excel file into the new report's dataset without making any changes to the original dataset.
On this new report (that uses another dataset) the transform query button is grayed out so I'm not sure how to import an excel file. Does power bi support this?
Use the Get data button on the home tab. Should be a simple upload of the excel file. Make sure to use the desktop version. Using the model tab on the far left side you can link variables (many to many, many to one, etc.) (if the datasets are related)
What you`re looking for is a Composite Model. If you want to use it, you first have to enable the following Preview features in Options:
After a restart you can click on Transform data and Power BI will add a local model and allow you to add further data sources like Excel files to it.
I'm looking for a way to automatically export data from Power BI visualizations to CSV or excel. If you click on the more options on each visualization, it gives you the option to export the underlying data used to create each visual
Is there a way to make Power Bi export the data every time the dashboard is refreshed? I tried using power automate within Power Bi to export the data and it works but it seems there isn't a way to schedule the button to run every time the data is refreshed.
I'd recommend using Analyze in Excel instead of exporting from the visual, since it estabishes a live OLAP connection directly to the Power BI dataset which is always up-to-date. And in contrast to exports from visuals it gives you access to the whole data model and doesn't come with a row limit.
I am new to Power BI and trying to build a report for one of our business requirements. I have access to a Power BI dataset which I imported in the Power BI desktop version. I also need to import an excel file placed in SharePoint/OneDrive and merge the data in these two sources. When I am trying to do this, I am getting the below error.
Is this feature not available in Power BI?
If not, is there a way to achieve this objective?
You are connected to a Tabular SSAS cube or Power BI Service dataset, you can't add other data sources.
You can only mix data source types in the modes direct query and import. See the limitations section of the MS docs
One option would be to recreate the Tabular data model in Power BI, over the base table/views it is based on in direct query mode, then add the SharePoint list, or add it as a table in the Tabular/Power BI Service Dataset
I have a collection of .pbix models that follow a similar structure, ie, have the same tables and relationships.
It is too complex to combine them all into a single .pbix.
Is there a way to upload all these tables into a single repository, like PBI Service dataflows or a data warehouse, or something similar.
And then get the data back to PBI Desktop and perform DAX calculations, visualizations and report.
Any suggestions/ ideas?
Thank you so much for helping!
You can publish them to Power BI Service, and then create separate reports, but using these published datasets as a data source.
See Connect to datasets in the Power BI service from Power BI Desktop.
After publishing your "model" reports to Power BI Online, start making a new blank report, but instead of getting the data from files/databases/etc., choose Power BI service as a data source and select the previously published dataset. After that, you can publish your report the same way, but in this case you can share one dataset (your model) between multiple reports.