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Mike Wood on 20 Jul 2016 03:04:27

A great feature would be the ability to auto generate documentation on how the reports and dashboards are created. Provide information on Data Sources, Tables, Relationships, Measures, Calculated columns, how Visuals are structured, Publishing location, Etc

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7ac5bc39 f942-4581-95fa-e16a4abd7fe3 on 05 Jul 2020 23:24:44

RE: documentation

Great idea and almost mandatory. Since all components (Data Sources, Tables, Relationships, Measures, etc, etc) are already defined in PBI, exporting them in a user friendly way should not be complicated. Tools like DAX Studio helps to document, but it would be great to have the documentation option inside PBI.

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112850de 2b74-4d6d-a942-e8cfdb27576e on 05 Jul 2020 23:21:28

RE: documentation

Voted. It would be great !
Meanwhile you may have a look at this project :

Github : https://github.com/didierterrien/Power-BI-assistant

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09c5f2b7 e378-473b-8a90-7f73583c611c on 05 Jul 2020 23:02:17

RE: documentation

This is an excellent ideal - fully agree a method to capture at least the tables / fields and alias names assigned would save heaps of time especially when starting a new data model and capturing consumer feedback with data dictionary settings / determining hidden / visible fields and also seeing relationships - the start of success with this tool is making sure the data model is good!