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Louie on 14 Apr 2016 22:39:29

Sharepoint does not know how to handle .pbix files. Should be able to check out / open.

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9054b2e7 69dc-ea11-a813-000d3a579c39 on 12 Aug 2020 07:09:20

RE: Sharepoint file handling .pbix

Please please please!

This is needed for multiple reasons, including:
* Sharing and transferability between team members (what if I'm hit by a bus, and hadn't manually uploaded it to SharePoint/Teams yet?).
* Version history.
* Simply good practice in this digital day and age (all team work is stored in SharePoint/Teams for better, connected working from any device, anywhere, not hidden on an individual's device).

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b1233522 b63c-4a79-b407-4aafed283ebc on 06 Jul 2020 00:13:28

RE: Sharepoint file handling .pbix

Please enable files to be opened directly from SharePoint using Power BI. This is possible for Word / Excel, however not possible for Power BI - and can get quite confusing for users.

Thank you.

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11631517 b4a9-4b81-ace0-d7992d9f0b45 on 06 Jul 2020 00:13:19

RE: Sharepoint file handling .pbix

Please make connection: power BI and Teams or connection Power BI and sharepoint so we can open power BI or even better refresh it or preview it without loading to computer first.
now this .pbix file is not helping so much.

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11631517 b4a9-4b81-ace0-d7992d9f0b45 on 06 Jul 2020 00:11:29

RE: Sharepoint file handling .pbix

Sharepoint file handling .pbix-please make this option avaliable.

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7186280e a85f-4c1a-bf9e-6584d35462a3 on 06 Jul 2020 00:11:22

RE: Sharepoint file handling .pbix

Coming back after a year and it si still not solved :( Incredible and really annoying to continue with workarounds wasting time again and again and again ...

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f85fb153 9c94-440b-ac4e-fd68239f9816 on 06 Jul 2020 00:09:16

RE: Sharepoint file handling .pbix

Definitely not optional. There is no available solution that gives you proper versioning of Power BI Desktop files. Please make SP the first one.

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01d6aad3 4554-4b34-bbd7-2bc1a168e92e on 06 Jul 2020 00:08:47

RE: Sharepoint file handling .pbix

Governance / Adoption hurdle

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70f43ec3 85b5-48ec-95f8-f3a9dec3f102 on 06 Jul 2020 00:05:53

RE: Sharepoint file handling .pbix

Our entire project is stored in sharepoint, but we cannot store the .pbix file there and constantly update it. Now I have to create another share to this file

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de9aa401 3fbd-4c8c-850b-c481d5b104a1 on 06 Jul 2020 00:04:54

RE: Sharepoint file handling .pbix

YES! Please fix this... we recently migrated to SP online, and I've updated all of my report connections so that I can enable auto refresh on my reports, but now exist in SP, but I have to download and re-save them every time I update.
it is in the whitepapers to save the PBIX in a cloud source, but it's a pain having them in SP!

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2f74e29b ae50-428d-952b-b37e5e2464b1 on 06 Jul 2020 00:04:16

RE: Sharepoint file handling .pbix

There has to be a better way to publish a PBIX file to the service and get it to refresh the data without a gateway server. Fix this by letting sharepoint handle pbix files.