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    Mulla BajeeVali on 15 Sep 2017 14:53:27

    Hi Team,

    Please provide backup feature for power bi reports.suddenly if i deleted reports from server there is not option to retrieve the reports as of now.

    If you can provide this feature at service level that will be very useful to maintain the backup reports.

    Regards,
    Bajee.

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    ffd83019 5432-4e08-9c5f-37e5f33d9b08 on 06 Jul 2020 00:13:07

    RE: Backup of power Bi Reports

    critical functionality

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    145deb2d c1e1-45d1-a718-91953c2747b2 on 06 Jul 2020 00:05:44

    RE: Backup of power Bi Reports

    Associated objects like comment threads should also be backed up and restorable with those reports.

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    a81a9f66 31d9-42f4-a1cc-a30f4ce42a02 on 06 Jul 2020 00:01:51

    RE: Backup of power Bi Reports

    Hours of work gone in a sec... mistakenly deleted report is a headache. Please make a recovery option :(

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    faf58261 5ca9-4722-b9fb-f9a985d95ac4 on 05 Jul 2020 23:58:47

    RE: Backup of power Bi Reports

    This is a much needed feature, would be really helpfull

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    6cc08673 1c59-4908-abf8-e54e1bb53284 on 05 Jul 2020 23:50:38

    RE: Backup of power Bi Reports

    why not this function? it is a commercial product!

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    5bf54a43 419d-4954-aab6-8fc40c0450a1 on 05 Jul 2020 23:46:51

    RE: Backup of power Bi Reports

    I learnt that if I delete a data source in the service and reupload it (to fix field naming changes) that if it is an excel file being uploaded then all the reports using it are deleted automatically. Strangely, the same does not happen if it is a .pbix that is published to the service and replaced. So this caused me a lot of grief as I had around 20 reports that were made in the service, without a backup, all using the one excel powerquery file.

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    e18056d8 a20a-4d16-b49c-aec37d9aeb68 on 05 Jul 2020 23:46:13

    RE: Backup of power Bi Reports

    I agree, offering a backup solution is a must have.
    At least provide a PowerShell script to do this, currently its not working properly.

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    e2011418 8063-4033-a6ac-a2b1c56635a4 on 05 Jul 2020 23:38:44

    RE: Backup of power Bi Reports

    Again, either option works for me. Either a backup of the dataset and associated reports or a recycle bin. Either solution works for our group.

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    8b8e2117 1c6a-40e9-9382-65db4a34287f on 05 Jul 2020 23:36:17

    RE: Backup of power Bi Reports

    It is insane not to have a feature that backups workspaces/dashboards/reports. For us, the main reason of going with Power BI is that it is self-service!

    Should call it Limited (instead of Power) BI

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    3101328d e4e2-4d82-a3ff-9aefdd878e1e on 05 Jul 2020 23:31:51

    RE: Backup of power Bi Reports

    I understand how I can download a report as a .pbix...

    ...But I have a "self-service" workspace, where many users publish many reports. I would like to be able to easily back up (and restore) ALL of the reports. Like an interface to download and upload many .pbix files at once.