In the standard Power BI workflow, you build a report in Desktop and publish it to the Service. This is a "one-way" or "round-trip" synchronization. However, Power BI Premium (and Premium Per User) allows for . This allows professional BI tools—like Tabular Editor, ALM Toolkit, or SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) —to connect directly to the dataset in the cloud and make changes.
Always keep a local copy of your .pbix file before you push changes via XMLA. In the standard Power BI workflow, you build
The moment you use one of these external tools to modify the dataset metadata (like adding a measure via Tabular Editor or changing a partition), the Power BI Service marks the dataset as Once a dataset is modified via XMLA: This allows professional BI tools—like Tabular Editor, ALM
Connect to the workspace via the XMLA connection string. Go to File > Save to Folder or Save as Model.bim . Go to File > Save to Folder or Save as Model
This error essentially means the "bridge" between the Power BI Service and your local Power BI Desktop file (.pbix) has been broken. In this article, we’ll explore why this happens, what it means for your workflow, and how to recover your work. Why Does This Error Occur?
This allows you to see exactly what changed and manually move those changes back into your local file (where possible) to bring them back into alignment.
Treat the Power BI Service as your "Production" environment and your local file as "Source Code." 2. Use Tabular Editor to Save Metadata