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DeskTop Templates "over" an existing PIBX

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Alain on 16 May 2016 13:40:34

The April 2016 version introduces the concept of templates. When an end-user needs a new column that can be added within powerbi , it would be usefull to be able to import a template over an existing PBIX file. Today, it opens a new file.

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Qurat ul Ain Zafar on 05 Jul 2020 22:29:11

RE: DeskTop Templates "over" an existing PIBX

This is a great idea!! Tempaltes are useful but I really wish we could use a template to create a new report in a single .pbix file.
Let me explain. Assume that you have two people working on creating multiple reports on same dataset.
a) Create .pbix file with the data model
b) Using this file both developers work concurrently
c) Once both are done, Person B should be able to export his report as a template and then import it in Person A's
file without having to manually replicate the work.

Thus the ability to add a new page based on template would really help us out as working serially is a wastage of time