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PBIR, PBIP and TMDL explained

Saved as a project, a Power BI report becomes readable files: one JSON file per visual, one TMDL file per table. These articles explain the formats, what the official validator misses, and what a complete project contains.

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The Colis Pro Overview page next to the contents of the free download: the .pbip, 8 pages, 347 visuals, 465 measures, data, backgrounds, FR and ENFree reports14 October 20268 min read

Colis Pro: a free designed Power BI report you can download

Download Colis Pro, a free designed Power BI report built with an AI agent: 5 pages, 2 panels, 347 visuals, French and English. What's inside, how to open it.Page design and themingPBIR, PBIP and TMDLThe file tree of the Colis Pro project: 8 pages, 347 visual.json files, 30 TMDL tables with 465 measuresPBIR & agents14 October 20269 min read

PBIP, PBIR and TMDL explained: inside a Power BI project

What is inside a Power BI project folder, file by file, from a real 347-visual report: PBIR for the report, TMDL for the model, and why Git and agents care.PBIR, PBIP and TMDLA terminal running the validate, reload and screenshot-all commands, next to captures of round 1, round 20 and the final renderPBIR & agents14 October 20269 min read

Give your AI agent eyes: the Power BI Desktop Bridge from a Mac

An AI agent on a Mac drives Power BI Desktop in a Windows VM with the Desktop Bridge: write, validate, reload, capture every page, read the PNGs, fix.AI agentsPBIR, PBIP and TMDLA visual.json with six deliberate mistakes, each marked with a cross, and the validator answering: succeeded, 0 errors, 0 warningsPBIR & agents14 October 20269 min read

The PBIR validator passes, Desktop disagrees: 7 traps

Microsoft's PBIR validator checks names and the schema, never the render. Seven things it lets through that Power BI Desktop draws differently, each proven by a render.PBIR, PBIP and TMDL

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