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VBA for Power BI Desktop

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Anthony Newell on 06 Jun 2016 03:14:20

Ability to provide a custom UI for a user to enter some parameters / inputs prior to refreshing the data model and publishing to Power BI

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Zhaoliang Xu on 16 Nov 2021 15:18:14

RE: VBA for Power BI Desktop

VBA should be supported in all Microsoft Apps, including Power BI

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Chandler Shores on 14 Oct 2021 02:21:23

RE: VBA for Power BI Desktop

Yes, Vote for Power BI with VBA

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on 22 Sep 2021 12:44:46

RE: VBA for Power BI Desktop

YES to VBA for Power BI, please

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David Hines on 05 Jun 2021 14:48:05

RE: VBA for Power BI Desktop

I would like to have a PBI Add-In, tool, or control for use in MS Access that could be automated using VBA.

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David Hines on 05 Jun 2021 14:44:46

RE: VBA for Power BI Desktop

I have a lot of National Fish Hatchery data (over 30 years) in MS Access and SharePoint lists. We use MS Access for data entry at 12 National Fish Hatcheries and currently store the data in an Access database file for each Hatchery since they have slightly different operations and requirements at each one. There are a lot of business rules and calculations in VBA code that would require a lot of work to reprogram in another software.

I currently have a Dashboard.pbix file for each hatchery database that is linked to the Access database backend and is opened in PBI Desktop from a button on a form using VBA shell code.
Private Sub cmdPBIDashboard_Click()
Dim Shex As Object
Set Shex = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Shex.Open (Application.CurrentProject.Path & "\Dashboard.pbix")
End Sub

I would also like to use VBA in PBI to automate interactive reports. I would really like to have a PBI control (like the web browser or MS Graph control) or tile (like Power Apps) available to use inside MS Access on forms and reports. Or a PBI Add-In that could be customized using VBA.

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Cyn Parsons on 25 Jan 2021 23:55:45

RE: VBA for Power BI Desktop

Please consider this

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Andrew Hodges on 15 Dec 2020 18:49:07

RE: VBA for Power BI Desktop

Ability to push publications based on Excel or Outlook VBA triggers would be hugely helpful!

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avishai on 06 Jul 2020 00:17:58

RE: VBA for Power BI Desktop

VBA for Power BI is a must.

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Power BI User on 06 Jul 2020 00:17:54

RE: VBA for Power BI Desktop

Very useful if progressed!

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Power BI User on 06 Jul 2020 00:17:40

RE: VBA for Power BI Desktop

VBA for PowerBI please