Show HN: PBI Guard – Stop people from messing up your Power BI (you included)

A developer released PBI Guard, an open-source Python tool that freezes a Power BI .pbip file as a golden source of truth and flags any changes made to it by a person or an AI. PBI Guard lets users define custom tests through YAML instructions or drag-and-drop tools, and the developer says it is fast at catching issues. The tool was posted to Hacker News as a Show HN submission with 1 point and 0 comments.

Hi HN I have been a frequent user of Power BI for some time, and I have observed that the tooling is not up to date with the latest platforms/tooling in software engineering. Although some testing tools and frameworks exist like Tabular Editor 2/3 or PQL , my day-to-day use cases felt like using a shotgun to catch fish sure, you can do it, but a rod would have been better . So, I talked to some people and built a Power BI error checker where you can freeze a .pbip at any point in time consider it the golden source of truth , and if you or someone else person or AI changes something that you don't like, you see exactly what changed in your data. You can also add your own tests using simple YAML instructions similar to DAX or drag-and-drop tools. If you work with Power BI and you are sick of digging through tables to understand what went wrong, this tool might be for you It is open-source, written in Python, and it is pretty fast at catching issues. If you have any feedback/comments, I'd be glad to hear them. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49925738 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49925738 Points: 1 Comments: 0