Can I define dashboards as code instead of clicking in Power BI?
Yes. dac dashboards are YAML, versioned in git, and served live from your warehouse, so there is no desktop file to pass around and no manual refresh.
Command
dac serveDefined in
YAML
Works with
Power BI + your warehouse
What you get
Code-first dashboardslive queriesno per-seat cost
How it works in code
# migrate one dashboard at a time
$ dac serve dashboards/Run dac serve and you retire the old BI tool one dashboard at a time.
Related use cases
Replace BI tools with code
Replace Looker LookML with dac YAML
Can I move Looker dashboards to version-controlled YAML?
Replace BI tools with codeReplace Metabase with dashboards as code
Is there a code-first alternative to Metabase?
Replace BI tools with codeReplace Tableau workbooks with code
How do I get Tableau-style dashboards without the workbook sprawl?
Dashboards that live in git
Open source. Write YAML, run one command, query your warehouse directly.