Power BI Reports Are Hard to Understand — and Harder to Hand Over
Hidden dependencies, undocumented measures and complex report structures make it nearly impossible to maintain or hand over Power BI reports.
Dummy BI Automate solves this in three ways
Map every object
Extract complete metadata: visuals, measures, DAX, filters, relationships — 25+ sheets in one click.
Uncover hidden complexity
See all dependencies and cross-references that are invisible inside Power BI Desktop.
Document automatically
Generate structured Excel documentation for any PBIP project — no manual work required.
See It In Action
Real output from Dummy BI Automate running on an enterprise Power BI report.
Power BI Reports Break Easily — and Are Hard to Maintain
Every Power BI team hits these problems eventually.
Hidden dependencies
Undocumented relationships between measures, columns and visuals cause unexpected errors when anything changes.
Model bloat
Unused fields and orphaned objects slow down performance and make reports harder to maintain over time.
Manual cleanup is broken
Auditing a report by hand takes hours, is error-prone, and needs to be repeated for every change.
This Is Not Just Cleanup
Dummy BI Automate is the foundation layer for Power BI DevOps.
How it works under the hood
Deep integration with Power BI file formats. Deterministic, repeatable results.
PBIX / PBIP / PBIR Parsing
Reads all Power BI file formats — including PBIX via built-in converter. No Power BI Desktop required for analysis.
Model + Report Layer Analysis
Inspects the semantic model (tables, columns, measures, relationships) and the report layer (pages, visuals, filters).
Dependency Graph Preparation
Maps relationships between measures, columns and visuals — foundation for impact analysis and safe refactoring.
Reproducible output
Every operation is rules-based and repeatable. Same input, same result, every time.
Why teams trust Dummy BI Automate
Enterprise-ready from day one.
100% local processing
Your files never leave your machine. No cloud upload, no telemetry, no data sharing.
Works on enterprise reports
Tested on reports with 100+ pages, complex DAX models, and multi-source datasets.
Deterministic & repeatable
Same input, same output. Every cleanup and transformation is fully reproducible.
Open format native
Built around PBIP — Microsoft's open Power BI Project format. No proprietary lock-in.
Built for Real Power BI Workflows
Built by a Power BI developer who got tired of manually fixing broken reports, cleaning models, and tracking hidden dependencies.
Learn & Explore
Dig deeper into Power BI automation.
Coming next
Datasource Switching
Rewrite an entire Power BI report to point at a different dataset with a guided wizard.
Health Monitor
Detect ghost slicers, orphaned pages, unused measures and other report-layer issues automatically.
DevOps Diff
Structured diffs between documentation versions — CI/CD ready with exit codes and Markdown summaries.