====== Extract tabular model from PBIX file ======
{{tag> powerbi}}

[[https://pbi.tools/|{{ :pbi:pbi-tools.svg?nolink&80|pbi-tools}}]] Steps to extract a tabular model (''.bim'') TMSL file from an existing Power BI desktop (''.pbix'') file using [[https://pbi.tools/|pbi-tools]].

  -- [[https://github.com/pbi-tools/pbi-tools/releases/|Download]] the latest version of pbi-tools.
  -- Extract the downloaded zip file. It includes the ''pbi-tools.exe'' executable which can be run directly from a command prompt (no installation required). Put the executable file somewhere convenient.
  -- Open a command prompt and ''cd'' to the folder containing your ''.pbix'' file
  -- Check your ''pbi-tools'' executable runs:
  .. ''%%"%%C:\Path\To\pbi-tools.exe%%"%%''
  .. (you should see help text output).
  -- Extract the contents of your PBIX into a folder of the same name (without the ''.pbix'' extension)
  .. ''%%"%%C:\Path\To\pbi-tools.exe%%"%% extract YourReport.pbix''
  -- Generate a ''.bim'' file from the extracted folder:
  .. ''%%"%%C:\Path\To\pbi-tools.exe%%"%% generate-bim YourReport''
  .. The output TMSL file is ''YourReport.bim''.