𝐔𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐎𝐩𝐬: 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐁𝐈 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫🎊

Does the term 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐎𝐩𝐬 sound familiar❓❓ like DevOps, MLOps and DataOps...
✅This is the term used to ensure that the BI visuals and graphic elements on report pages are consistent, performance-optimized, and accessible before publication.

✨Implementing the CI/CD process for with Power BI project files (PBIP), through the 𝐅𝐚𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐜, 𝐆𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐳𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐎𝐩𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, involves performing a series of development quality controls before each deployment.
For this, we can harness the power of open-source community tools, such as:

👉𝐓𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫 and 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐑𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 for verification tests and best practice rules on dataset metadata
👉𝐏𝐁𝐈 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 for testing the visual side, and ensuring compliance with report design rules.

✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨𝐏𝐁𝐈 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨
✅With the new PBIP for managing the life cycle of Power BI reports, a tool for automating visual presentation testing seems necessary.

✅𝐏𝐁𝐈 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 (by Nat Van Gulck) is a rule-based visual testing tool for Power BI, ideal for both desktop and CI/CD pipelines. It works with PBIP and PBIX files, offering results in HTML, JSON, or Azure DevOps logs.

✅ 𝐏𝐁𝐈 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 allows you to define fully configurable test rules (written in JSON)👇👇
For example, you can easily set rules to check the consistency of charts across report pages and receive a list of visuals that require attention, as shown in the screenshot below👇👇

👉The tool and the rules used are avalable in GitHub, check here:
https://lnkd.in/eG4cZjAt

👉For the complete Power BI pipeline process (CI/CD), to apply quality checks to reports before they go live, using Tabular Editor and Best Practice Rules for dataset metadata and using PBI Inspector for report design rules, see here: https://lnkd.in/efcwSmG7