Power BI Deployment Pipeline - Compare feature as API

[Anonymous]

Power BI Deployment Pipelines offers a great visual solution for comparing reports and datasets and deploying them from one environment to another. Unfortunately, I have some unique DevOps use cases and cannot leverage this tool.

I was wondering if the "Compare" functionality is available as a public API. It would be great if there is a way to programmatically (PowerShell etc.) compare two Power BI reports/datasets in the same workspace or different workspaces and find differences. Any input is appreciated.

[sachin131]

Hello @Nimrod_Shalit @Anonymous ,

Did you get any solution for this ? It is much needed endpoint and we need it in our development.

@selimovd 

[Nimrod_Shalit]

@sachin131 @Anonymous 

Could you describe in more details what process you are doing that requires such an API?

If dataset/report could be managed in source control, would that solve your problem?

[sachin131]

Hello @Nimrod_Shalit 

Thanks for the quick response, I have some use cases where I need these compare result in the same way it is displayed on app.powerbi.com.

Also, all the api endpoints are already exposed by microsoft for premium workspace deployment. Then I am not sure why this compare endpoint is missed from you. It is much needed.

[Nimrod_Shalit]

@Anonymous,

We recently released the first set of APIs to enable you use deployment pipelines within Azure DevOps (or other DevOps tools). check it out here.

'Compare' API is not available, but we are considering this enhancement in the future.

[selimovd]

Hey @Anonymous ,

as far as I know that is not available.

One possibility is to use ALM Toolkit to monitor and synchronize changes between different reports. Give it a try. You can also use Azure DevOps for your deployment.

If you need any help please let me know.

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Best regards

Denis

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