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marclelijveld / External-Tools-Model-Documentation

This repository includes everything that is needed in order to run the External Tools capability in Power BI Desktop and generate Model Documentation.
https://data-marc.com/model-documenter/
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Refresh doesn't appear to update the PBI Documenter model with changes made in the PBI source model #35

Closed jamesfgibson closed 2 years ago

jamesfgibson commented 2 years ago

How can I refresh my documented data model after making changes in the source data model? The data source setting in the documented model is defaulted to C:\Power BI Model Documenter.

marclelijveld commented 2 years ago

Hi @jamesfgibson, there is no way to refresh the model documentation, since at tool execution there is a one-time vpax file generated from your data model. This will remain the only version of your model documentation, untill you run the tool again.

For more details, I recommend to read What does the Model Documenter do during execution in the Wiki on this page. This page elaborates on the exact working of the tool where the location of the source C:\Power BI Model Documenter is clarified as well.

--Marc