About

The problem

Working with Power BI reports at scale is painful. Switching a datasource means editing DAX expressions, TMDL model definitions, JSON visual configurations, filters, and bookmarks — by hand. There is no built-in tooling for it. Documenting what is inside a report requires manually tracing every measure, column, and relationship. Most teams just don't bother.

Why local-first?

Dummy BI processes everything on your machine. This is not a marketing decision — it is an architectural one. Power BI projects contain sensitive business logic and data references. Sending them to a cloud service creates unnecessary risk and compliance friction. Local processing is the simplest, safest architecture.

What is coming

Dummy BI Automate is the first product — a desktop automation tool for documentation, datasource switching, health monitoring, and DevOps diffing. It is available now with a free tier.

Dummy BI Engine is coming next — a DAX-to-DuckDB compiler that lets you run Power BI semantics on open infrastructure without VertiPaq.

A Power BI template marketplace is also planned, where creators can sell reusable dashboards and buyers can adapt them using Dummy BI Automate.

Built by

Dummy BI is built by a Power BI developer who spent years working with reports at scale and got tired of the manual work. If you have questions or feedback, reach out via the contact page.