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Power BI Projects (PBIP) make reports and semantic models file-based, enabling source control, automation, and other developer workflows. You can edit those files directly in a code editor or through external tools. Until now, changes made outside of Power BI Desktop wouldn't appear until you restarted the application. With this update, Power BI Desktop detects those changes automatically, so there's no restart required. Edit anywhere and see changes immediately Power BI Desktop now detects changes made directly to PBIP files, regardless of whether those changes come from an editor, external tool, or automated process. When a PBIP file changes on disk, Desktop detects the update and prompts you to reload the latest version of your project.  Selecting Apply external changes reloads the updated files into Power BI Desktop without restarting the application. This creates a much smoother experience when moving between Power BI Desktop and the tools you already use. Open your proje...

What is TMDL View on the Web? TMDL View on the Web is a feature in Power BI that enables developers to view and edit semantic models as code directly in the browser using TMDL. It expands the Power BI web modelling experience by introducing a rich code editor for working with TMDL scripts—giving pro developers full transparency into the semantic model code and enabling more efficient workflows through code editing.   TMDL View was initially introduced in Power BI Desktop in January 2025 and became generally available in September 2025. Now, we’re bringing the same code-first modelling experience to published semantic models in the workspace—directly in your browser.   No downloads. No switching tools. Just seamless modelling on the web. Key capabilities and benefits of TMDL View on the Web Whether you're investigating model metadata, making bulk updates, reusing model components, or recovering from mistakes, TMDL View on the Web helps keep advanced semantic modeling workflows ...

Report authors often need date filters that automatically keep reports focused on the most relevant data without requiring ongoing maintenance. The new date picker slicer makes this easier by supporting dynamic relative date ranges that move forward as data refreshes, while still allowing report viewers to explore different date ranges, individual dates, and custom periods when needed.   Most reports have a date and report viewers want to see the latest data or pick their own date ranges. The date picker style of the slicer visual gives report authors and report viewers options to do it all.   Set up a relative range, such as last 30 days from the last date available. Anchor it on the last date, first date, or today with offset options to do last 30 days, starting 5 days back, if you want. This relative range automatically moves forward as your data refreshes and more data comes in. Publish the report and it’s the default relative range.   Your report viewers remain free ...

When enabling Microsoft Entra ID single sign-on (SSo) for Starburst (Preview) report viewers querying semantic models in DirectQuery mode authenticate to Starburst with their own Entra ID identity, to Starburst's access policies — including row-level and column-level security rules — are evaluated against the actual end user rather than a fixed connection account.   Two connectors, one to use The Starburst connectors are built and maintained by Starburst. Two Starburst entries appear in the Power BI Get Data list. The original Starburst connector remains available for existing reports, but the new SSO experience ships in the Starburst secured by Entra ID connector — pick this one for any new report where you want Entra identities to flow end-to-end, as in the following screenshot.   Figure: The Starburst secured by Entra ID connector.   How it works The Starburst secured by Entra ID connector supports both Import and DirectQuery semantic models through the on-premises d...

Workspace outbound access protection (OAP) is a workspace-level control in Microsoft Fabric that lets you constrain where the data inside a workspace can flow. With this preview, OAP support now extends to Power BI reports. The good news for report authors and admins: there's nothing new to configure on the report itself. Protection comes from a single, well-defined rule that the workspace enforces automatically as soon as you turn OAP on. Why it matters Power BI reports don't carry their own data connections. They're bound directly to a semantic model. That binding isn’t always obvious when you’re reasoning about data boundaries — a report sitting in a sensitive workspace might bind to a semantic model in another workspace. Such a report mostly retrieves data from its semantic model (an inbound flow), but filter values, such as those specified using query string parameters in the report URL, would flow outbound across the data boundary.   Before OAP, a workspace admin had ...