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Comprehensive Power BI & Fabric Governance Solution

Know exactly what's used and where, what might break, and back it all up.

Impact Analysis Designed to Work With:
Any User • Any Computer • Any Workspace
Developed by Chris Cusumano — with inspiration from the Power BI Reddit community, GitHub projects, and open-source collaboration 🚀
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Agenda

What We'll Cover Today
📋 Presentation Topics
  • ✓ The Power BI Journey: From Simple to Complex
  • ✓ Golden Semantic Models & Best Practices
  • ✓ The Challenge: When Small Changes Break Everything
  • ✓ Why Existing Tools Fall Short
  • ✓ The Solution: Comprehensive Backup & Impact Analysis
  • ✓ Feature Overview & Technical Architecture
  • ✓ Getting Started: Installation & Setup
🎬 Live Demo

We'll explore the solution in action, showing:

  • ✓ Visual-level impact analysis
  • ✓ Comprehensive workspace scanning
  • ✓ Backup and governance features
  • ✓ Real-world use cases

💡 Tip: Use arrow keys or navigation buttons to move through slides

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The Power BI Journey Starts Simple

One Model. One Report. No Problem.
📊 Data Model Single Model 📈 Report Easy Control ✅ Life is Simple & Controlled
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Best Practices Lead to a Golden Semantic Model

Enter: The Golden Model
🏆 Golden Model Shared Model 📁 Workspace A Report 1 Report 2 📁 Workspace B Report 3 Report 4 📁 Workspace C Report 5 Report 6 📈 Scaling Success: Multiple Workspaces
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But Then It Gets Complicated…

Small Change, Big Problem
The Reality: One small update to the model or dataflow can silently break dozens of visuals across multiple workspaces. You won't know until users start complaining.
⚠️ 📊 1 Model ❌ Report ❌ Report ❌ Report ❌ Report ❌ Report ❌ Report ❌ Report ❌ Report One Small Change ↓ ~20 Reports ~250 Pages
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Existing Tools Fall Short

Why Current Solutions Weren't Enough
❌ Purview
No visual-level tracking
❌ Power BI Service UI
Limited impact visibility
❌ Manual checks
Time-consuming & error-prone
❌ Existing tools
Don't go deep enough into visual objects
The Gap: No solution provided comprehensive impact analysis down to the individual visual level across all workspaces.
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The Solution

Introducing: Power BI Backup & Impact Analysis Solution
✅ Complete backups
For every report, model, and dataflow
✅ Impact analysis
Down to the visual level
✅ Zero prerequisites
Fully automated and open source
✅ Power BI output
Explorable via familiar interface

🎯 One-Click Installation (Recommended)

Download the One-Click Update & Run Tool — it automatically pulls the latest version from GitHub, places it in C:\Power BI Backups, runs the script, and opens the final model. Always stays up-to-date!

⬇️ Download One-Click Tool

📋 Alternative: Manual Installation (3 Steps)

  1. Create folder: C:\Power BI Backups
  2. Download repo contents to that folder
  3. Run 'Final PS Script' in PowerShell
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Comprehensive Feature Set

What This Solution Actually Does
🔍 Visual Impact Analysis
Traces usage of measures, fields, tables down to individual visual objects
📊 Environment Overview
Complete Power BI environment details via REST API
💾 Model Backups
XMLA endpoint + Tabular Editor for PPU/Premium/Fabric
📋 Report Backups
Both Power BI (.pbix) and Paginated (.rdl) reports
🌊 Dataflow Backups
Complete dataflow metadata and query details
🔗 Connection Details
All model & dataflow connection information
📈 Refresh History
Historical refresh data for models and dataflows
🔀 Measure Lineage
View Measure Lineage including all parent and dependent Measures
⚡ No Admin Required
User-level permissions only, portable tools included
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See It In Action

Live Demo & Technical Details
View Public Demo →

⚙️ Technical Architecture

Power BI REST API
Environment metadata and report backups
Tabular Editor 2 CLI
Model backups and metadata
PBI-Tools
Model backups in Pro workspaces
PowerShell
Automation and orchestration
Excel Outputs
Structured metadata outputs
Power BI Model
Final output and detailed insights

🎯 Works With All Workspace Types & Capacities

Pro Premium Premium Per User Fabric 'My Workspace'
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Ready to Transform Your Power BI Governance?

Open Source • Community Driven • Enterprise Ready
📁 GitHub Repository
🔗 Download Complete Solution
GitHub QR Code

Or scan to visit:
github.com/chris1642/Power-BI-Backup-Impact-Analysis-Governance-Solution

🚀 Quick Start
Download → Extract → Run PowerShell script. That's it!
🔓 Open Source
MIT License. Modify, extend, and contribute back to the community.
🤝 Community Support
Active GitHub discussions and continuous improvements.
🎯 Perfect for: Power BI Admins • Data Engineers • BI Developers • IT Governance Teams • Citizen Developers • New Developers