Edit your Power BI projects anywhere and reload them instantly in Power BI Desktop (Preview)
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...