From the course: Power BI Dataflows Essential Training
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Representing dataflow structures with JSON files
From the course: Power BI Dataflows Essential Training
Representing dataflow structures with JSON files
- [Helen] JSON, or JavaScript Object Notation, files stored data in a structured format that machines, like computers, can easily read. In the context of Power BI dataflows, you can share or transfer your dataflows and the queries within them by exporting the dataflow as a JSON file, which is a native functionality available for the dataflows. You can then import this JSON file to create a new dataflow. Let's say you want to transfer the Testing Tables dataflow into a new workspace within your Power BI account. We don't need to recreate the same process again in the new workspace for the five queries within this dataflow, we can instead choose to share the dataflow by exporting the JSON file. This JSON file models all the queries within the dataflow. Next to the Testing Tables dataflow, in the actions list, choose the ellipsis menu, then select Export JSON. We receive a message that the file downloads. Now, let's…
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