Deployment & Lifecycle Best Practices¶
Source Control¶
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Prefer Power BI Project (PBIP) format for source control, over PBIX or PBIT; use Git
- Text-based format enables proper source control and diff tracking
- Supports granular change tracking at the object level (measures, tables, visuals)
- Enables collaborative development with merge conflict resolution
- Separates semantic model from report for independent versioning
- Compatible with Git workflows (branching, pull requests, code review)
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Avoid manual edits in production; enforce deployment pipelines/CI/CD pipelines
CI¶
CD¶
| Tool | Category | Semantic Model Deployment? | pbix/pbit Deployment? | pbip Deployment? |
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| pbi-tools | REST API .NET | |||
| Tabular Editor | .NET | v3.8+ v2.x |
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| AMO library | .NET | ~ | ||
| Power BI APIs | REST API | |||
| Git Integration | Git | |||
| Fabric APIs | REST API |