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Built in Git support in PowerBI Desktop

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Matt Smith on 28 Feb 2019 17:19:38

When you create a PowerBI report in Power BI Desktop it transparently create \ use a git repository. So you just worked normally, then when you hit publish, it actually push to remote.

Gitignore could be used to exclude data from being published to the repository. PowerBI would have version control which is desperately needed.

This would work well with the whole Microsoft buying Github \ Azure DevOps, both from the perspective of promoting good practices such as code version control and CI\CD - process of developing in development and promoting to UAT\production

It would also allow IT to get visibility of code, allow tests to be run - such as moving DAX calculated columns with M

This would also solve the other ideas:
https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/17523715-report-version-control


https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/7861287-dataset-report-version-control

https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/34315045-seamless-version-control-of-queries-data-model-st

https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/9677517-source-control

https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/9080776-using-git-or-some-other-sccs-to-store-m-queries-n

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39927910 7ef5-4598-97a8-d4afc0d68d2b on 05 Jul 2020 22:57:34

RE: Built in Git support in PowerBI Desktop

Yes, I agree. We are using the Microsoft Suite and Atlassian, and this is a very important requirement.

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142e13fb 1bd8-45ac-9268-f288c4fbfbae on 05 Jul 2020 22:23:32

RE: Built in Git support in PowerBI Desktop

Bitbucket support is a must!

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af075765 6e2e-458f-a0fb-0aa7e3aa998c on 05 Jul 2020 22:21:31

RE: Built in Git support in PowerBI Desktop

I also support creating a Git connector. We are a large enterprise migrating from ClearCase to Git so this feature would be awesome!

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af075765 6e2e-458f-a0fb-0aa7e3aa998c on 05 Jul 2020 22:21:29

RE: Built in Git support in PowerBI Desktop

Please add Bitbucket support as soon as possible, this is a must have feature!!

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4f5f8854 156a-4847-9e3c-f6e3e3808b33 on 05 Jul 2020 22:05:25

RE: Built in Git support in PowerBI Desktop

I'd like to be able to "Import files from GitHub". I am working on a project that stores files in GitHub and I'd like to be able to point PowerBI at the Excel workbook I have created rather than importing it as a static data set.

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5a63d7df bc11-435e-bbe8-e8df86d5cd02 on 05 Jul 2020 22:04:50

RE: Built in Git support in PowerBI Desktop

Agreed, bitbucket support would be awesome

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6b7a56e8 a153-4b25-b658-0e40d9384b3b on 05 Jul 2020 22:00:02

RE: Built in Git support in PowerBI Desktop

Agreed, bitbucket support would be awesome.

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92c9a65d d69d-491e-8ded-3be57ccb030f on 05 Jul 2020 21:58:20

RE: Built in Git support in PowerBI Desktop

Generic BitBucket support would be great. Not just Git, but Hg also.

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29b4ce62 a8fb-402e-bd5e-e5f7021cdcc1 on 05 Jul 2020 21:57:48

RE: Built in Git support in PowerBI Desktop

.. i see only github