PowerBI.Tips - Tutorial - ALM ToolKit with Christian Wade

The ALM Toolkit is an excellent tool for aiding users with Tabular Model management. Christian Wade has been generous enough to provide us with a detailed tutorial on the ALM ToolKit.

ALM Toolkit provides the following features:
- Database Compare
- Code Merging
- Easy Deployments
- Source-Control Integration
- Definitions Reuse

[DarkOrint]

Wish Christian did more stuff on videos he sounds very knowledgeable. I seen his demo and overview on the premium xmla endpoint stuff very interesting stuff.

[kingparc]

hi, thank you for all these information.
Please can you tell us how to add the "External tools" tab in Power BI desktop ?

[relaxlifenostress]

with that it is possible several users our developers work simultaneously on the same power BI Deesktop?

[noahhadro]

I keep getting the error that says "Could not connect to database". I've followed this training and the guy in the cube training. I don't have two workspaces named the same and I have export to excel enabled. I also turned xmla setting to read / write in capacity settings? Can you help?

[princebritwum]

Hello Power BI Tips, Can I update the incremental refresh policy of dataset in the Power BI Service with the new incremental refresh policy in PBIX file using AML Toolkit Eg. I have a power BI dataset in the service with Incremental refresh policy of Archive 10 Months and Refresh 2 Months, can I update the dataset in the service with new incremental policy, Archive 11 Months and refresh 1 Month I have defined in the power BI Desktop?

[ronnyhagen]

Moving reports from Azure Analysis Services to Power BI Premium setup; would ALM or PowerBI desktop be able to change the datasource from 'SQL Server Analysis Services' to 'Power BI dataset' datasource?
Changing from XMLA endpoint from 'asazure://' to 'powerbi://' is easy - but it will not reference the common dataset from a centralized workspace for dev, test and production. Also the governance of implications on report level when changes on the dataset is limited when reports are deployed on the XMLA endpoint.

[sarva]

Is there option to refresh the Table schema from desktop file to PowerBI service.
ex: I want to add the new column in the existing table in desktop model, and i want to sync this change in Power BI Service as well

[Bharath_PBI]

Thank you, this is awesome time saver. Two questions, if there is change in power query (fact table example) in desktop model then will we be able to do meta data deployment retaining partitions in service?

2nd question is a thought, if we can save the partition inside desktop model so that next time if some dev by mistake deploys from PBI desktop then it will not wipe out the same in service.

Thanks

[sau]

Will this tool work for Power BI Professional?

[DavidBridgeTechnology]

This tool is invaluable, but it needs to go on a secure server and be properly certified so that Windows Defender smart screen doesn't complain when you install it, as infrastructure police don't like it when apps trigger warnings.