You are creating a semantic model in Microsoft Power BI Desktop. You plan to make bulk changes to the model by using the Tabular Model Definition Language (TMDL) extension for Microsoft Visual Studio

The correct answer is A. PBIP. The PBIP will create one file and two folders, PBIP.Dataset contains definition folder that is use to host the .tmdl files.

Submitted by carter_n· Apr 18, 2026Implement and manage semantic models

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You are creating a semantic model in Microsoft Power BI Desktop. You plan to make bulk changes to the model by using the Tabular Model Definition Language (TMDL) extension for Microsoft Visual Studio Code. You need to save the semantic model to a file. Which file format should you use?

Options

APBIP
BPBIX
CPBIT
DPBIDS

How the community answered

(46 responses)

A
80% (37)
B
11% (5)
C
7% (3)
D
2% (1)

Explanation

The PBIP will create one file and two folders, PBIP.Dataset contains definition folder that is use to host the .tmdl files.

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#PBIP#TMDL#Semantic Model#Power BI File Formats

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