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Power BI Warning Regarding “Store datasets in enhanced metadata format”

Imke Feldmann does not recommend turning on the “Store datasets in enhanced metadata format” setting in Power BI all willy-nilly:

Background

With the march release came function “Store datasets in enhanced metadata format”. With this feature turned on, Power BI data models will be stored in the same format than Analysis Services Tabular models. This means that they inherit the same amazing options, that this open-platform connectivity enables.

Limitations and their consequences

But with the current setup, you could end up with a non-working file which you would have to build up from scratch for many parts. So make sure to fully read the documentation . Now!

Read on to see what has Imke concerned.