The pbixl add-in streamlines the process of connecting Excel tables to Power BI Models, making data integration more accessible for all users.
Create editable and updatable queries by selecting, filtering and grouping columns and metrics from your Power BI semantic model.
Regardless of whether the model is in Power BI Desktop, PowerBI Service or SSAS Tabular Service.
There are already options to connect Excel with Power BI.
1. Analyze in Excel from Power BI Service
2. Analyze in Excel for Power BI Desktop. This is an add-in from sql bi.
3. Export to CSV file.
4. Copy via clipboard from visual or table. Get detailed infos here.
5. Live Connected Tables in Excel from Power BI Service.
Live Connected Tables is the Excel feature that best meets my requirements.
If this feature worked with Power BI Desktop and allowed editable queries, pbixl would not need to be created.
Please note this add-in is not working in Excel Online.
You need 64-bit Excel and Power BI Desktop on a Windows PC.
No admin rights are required to install the add-in.
In a corporate environment, it is recommended to inform the administrator before installation. Otherwise, the administrator may contact you after the installation.
1. Download the latest pbixl64.zip file from Github or get it from here.
2. Use the "Extract All" option on the right-click menu in Windows Explorer to extract contents of the zip file on your local PC.
3. Right-click on the pbixl64.xll file and unblock it.
4. Double click on the pbixl64.xll file to open the addin in Excel.
5. Opening a Power BI Desktop file containing data. click on the pbixl tab in excel.
6. Select Power BI Desktop instance and the query editor will be shown.
