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What Power BI Helper version July 2019 Does?
This version of the tool will give you these features
- All NOT working DAX Measures
- Export data tables into CSV files
- Getting all Apps information from service and documenting it
- Getting all Gateways, Data Sources, and service configurations and documenting it
- Some enhancements and more information available from Tables, Columns, and Measures
To learn more about this version, read this blog post.
What Power BI Helper version April 2019 Does?
This version of the tool will give you these features
- XMLA endpoint Connectivity
- Connecting to Power BI objects (workspaces, dashboards, datasets, reports, dataflows) in the service
- Documentation of all Power BI objects in the service
- Downloading a version of all Power BI reports (PBIX files) from all workspaces to a local folder
- Publishing Power BI files to multiple workspaces
- Copying content from one workspace to another!
To learn more about this version, read this blog post.
What Power BI Helper version November 2018 Does?
This version of the tool will give you these features
- Column Sizes for Performance Tuning
- revealing the column sizes in the model
- Bookmarks and Pages
- Find Bookmarks belong to each page
- Find pages associated with each bookmark
To learn more about this version, read this blog post.
What Power BI Helper version 4.0 Does?
This version of the tool will give you these features
- Beautify M Script
- Row-Level Security in the Analytics Tab
- Export the documentation above
To learn more about this version, read this blog post.
What Power BI Helper version 3.0 Does?
This version of the tool will give you these features
- Export the Model documentation including
- all tables
- all measures and their expressions
- all columns in each table (including calculated columns and their expressions)
To learn more about this version, read this blog post.
What Power BI Helper version 2.0 Does?
This version of the tool will give you these features
- Connecting to more than one Power BI model. Selection option for the model.
- Showing the connection mode of the Power BI file.
- Showing list of tables that are NOT used in any visualization, and can be hidden from the report.
- Modeling advises
- List of both directional relationships
- List of inactive relationships
To learn more about this version, read this blog post.
What Power BI Helper version 1.0 Does?
This version of the tool will give you these features
- Export M/Power Query Script
- Search based on field/table/measure name or properties
- Runs on Virtual Machines
To learn more about this version, read this blog post.
What Power BI Helper version 0.3 Does?
This version of the tool will give you the expression tree of DAX measures
- Measure Dependency Tree
- List of all tables, columns, and measures in a Power BI Model
The feature of searching makes understanding the Power BI Model much easier. It will help new developers in your Power BI project to get along with your model and report faster, rather than spending lots of time and money to get familiar with it.
To learn more about this version, read this blog post.
What Power BI Helper version 0.2 Does?
This version of the tool will give you three information related to the search term;
- Is there any Report Level Filter for this field or table
- List of all report pages that this field or table used in their “Visual” fields.
- List of all report pages that this field or table used in their “Page Level Filter”
The feature of searching makes your documentation part easier. It will help new developers in your Power BI project to get along with your model and report faster, rather than spending lots of time and money to get familiar with it.
To learn more about this version, read this blog post.
What Power BI Helper version 0.1 Does?
This product is still in version 0.1 (means the very first version); This tool helps in below scenarios;
- Identify fields that are used in the Fields section of visualizations
- Identify tables that are used in the Fields or Filter sections of report tab
Providing such result then will help you to hide extra tables from the report. Or even remove them (this part needs some extra manual investigation as of now).
To learn more about this version, read this blog post.
Upcoming Features
For the very first version; We have many limitations! These limitations will be lifted in future versions. Some of these limitations which will be added as a feature in next versions of Power BI helper are;
- List of fields used in the Filter area
- List of tables or fields used to create a calculation (calculated table, column, or measure)
- List of tables or fields used to create a relationship to other tables
- Details of what fields or tables used in a specific report or visual
- Diagram view and dependency view of reports and visuals with tables and fields from the model


Hi Reza,
The download link not showing up … I’m using Chrome and IE, neither who the download link, even after refreshing.
Hi Scott
You should enter your email address, and then the download link will be sent to your email a bit after that.
let me know if still you have issues downloading it
Cheers
Reza
Hi Reza,
I have made several attempts to download the Power BI Helper (both V2 and V3) over the past several weeks.
I get the message a Download Link will be sent to your email address … but nothing is received
I have used a couple of different email addresses … one ending in .com and another ending in @outlook.com, without success.
Help!
ps Very sorry to learn that you are unable to visit the Power BI Summit in Seattle. I attended your session in Dublin back in April. You will be sadly missed.
Hi Ted.
Thanks for your kind words. Hopefully will see you again in Europe.
Have you not received the email at all? have you checked your spam box?
Cheers
Reza
There is no link for the download? There is nothing under the words “Download Power BI Helper from here:” … just blank lines. Please fix!
Hi Richard,
there is no link here. just a box to enter your email (you need to have javascript enabled to see that box), then the download link will be sent to your email.
Cheers
Reza
Hi Reza,
The tool is really awesome, but can you explain how M script is useful in PowerBI?
Had also done some googling on M-script but it seems to be Matlab stuff and I am absolutely new to M-script.
Can you please guide me?
M scripting is the language behind the scene for Power Query transformation.
Here you can learn some basics about it:
http://radacad.com/basics-of-m-power-query-formula-language
Thanks for this great tool. I downloaded it after watching today’s PowerBI webinar.
Just noticed that the bookmarks contained within ‘groups’ are not visible in the bookmark section. If a screen capture is needed, please, provide an email where I can attach screen captures.
Hi Anselmo
Great feedback. we will work on it.
feel free to send it to ideas@radacad.com
Cheers
Reza
Good morning. Thank you for the tool. I have the latest version and here’s the error message I get – “user might now have admin rights” and “value cannot be null, parameter: clienid”
Thank you!
Hi Andy
Have you registered your app correctly? in the About tab, you need to put the app ID. Read this post to learn more about it.
Cheers
Reza
RE the “Export data tables” feature. Is this referring the Export feature on any viz in Power BI report eg at top right click … and select Export and csv or Excel? Thanks
Yes, It is almost the same thing. exporting a table at a time. but with no limitation on the number of rows.
I have pbi in corporate environment, don’t know that I can install Helper, but wondered if I could download the Free Power Bi and Helper on my machine, then analyze my work files on my machine? Your thoughts are appreciated.
You can install Power BI Helper on any machine. for some of the functionalities, it needs to have Power BI Desktop also installed on the same machine.
Cheers
Reza
Hi,
Could you please let me know if Power BI Helper is freeware also for corporations?
Thanks,
Vasco
Hi.
Yes, absolutely free to use for corporations
Cheers
Reza
Hi Reza,
Can we use the Power BI Helper tool for PBIX files built using live connection to get the list of measures?
Thanks
Hi Shipla
At the moment, you can connect to the source of live connection using the Model Analysis tab, and entering your server address in the “Using XMLA Endpoint” text box, and then connect to the model.
Cheers
Reza
Hi Reza,
can we use power bi helper to detect Report level measures code into a Report working in live connection?
Thanks
lorenzo
Hi Lorenzo.
Not yet, we will add it soon in the next versions
Cheers
Reza