Power BI Meets Programmability – XMLA, TOM, C#

Kristyna Hughes

Tune in to learn how to programmatically add columns and measures to Power BI data models using TOM, XMLA, and C#!
It is rare to find a Power BI developer who has a background in C#, but C# and other programming languages offer a lot of automation and scalability that is lacking in Power BI development. The XMLA endpoint is a powerful tool available in the online Power BI service that allows report developers to connect to their data model and adjust a variety of entities outside the Power BI Desktop application. For example, the XMLA endpoints can be used within a pipeline triggered by an application to update a Power BI model schema. This allows end users to create custom UDFs (user defined fields) on the fly and delete them. Similarly, developers can create and use translations for customer specific column renames without worrying about breaking visuals and complicated data models.