How do I install the Powerbi Model skill?

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What does the Powerbi Model skill do?

Skill: Inspect and Modify the Semantic Model It is listed under AI & ML on SkillMD.

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Is Powerbi Model free to use?

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Who published Powerbi Model?

santoshkanthety (@santoshkanthety) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Powerbi Model by santoshkanthety — Agent Skill

Name: Powerbi Model
Author: santoshkanthety

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Skill: Inspect and Modify the Semantic Model

Trigger

Activate when the user wants to inspect tables / measures / relationships, asks "what's in the model", wants to add a measure, or requests an overview of the data model.

Prerequisites

Requires an active connection — run pbi-agent connect first if any command fails with "no connection".

Commands

# Model overview (name, tables, measures, relationships counts)
pbi-agent model info

# List all tables
pbi-agent model tables

# List all measures across the model
pbi-agent model measures

# Filter measures to a single table
pbi-agent model measures --table Sales

# List relationships
pbi-agent model relationships

# Add a new measure (replaces if the name exists)
pbi-agent model add-measure "Total Sales" "SUM(Sales[Amount])" --table Sales

# Add a measure with a format string
pbi-agent model add-measure "YoY Growth" "[Total Sales] / [PY Sales] - 1" \
    --table Sales --format-string "0.0%"

# Pin an SSAS port (skip auto-detect)
pbi-agent model info --port 56123

Guidance

add-measure overwrites an existing measure with the same name — confirm with the user before replacing.
Table names are case-sensitive; verify with pbi-agent model tables before --table references.
For complex DAX with VAR/RETURN, validate via pbi-agent dax validate before calling add-measure.
To inspect a single measure's DAX expression, use pbi-agent dax query "EVALUATE FILTER(INFO.MEASURES(), [Name] = \"My Measure\")".

Measure Create Syntax Reference

Two CLIs can add measures; their argument forms are different:

# pbi-agent (this tool) — positional name, then DAX, then --table flag
pbi-agent model add-measure "Total Revenue" "SUM(Sales[Amount])" --table Sales

# pbi-cli (if installed separately) — name positional, -e for expression, -t for table
pbi measure create "Total Revenue" -e "SUM(Sales[Amount])" -t Sales

The three-positional form pbi measure create TableName "Name" "DAX" is wrong for pbi-cli — Click rejects it. Always use -e/-t named flags with pbi measure create.

Common Failures

"No active connection" → run pbi-agent connect
Table not found → verify with pbi-agent model tables (exact case)
Measure expression invalid → validate first: pbi-agent dax validate "<expr>"

---name: powerbi-modeldescription: Skill: Inspect and Modify the Semantic Model---# Skill: Inspect and Modify the Semantic Model## TriggerActivate when the user wants to inspect tables / measures / relationships, asks "what's in the model", wants to add a measure, or requests an overview of the data model.## PrerequisitesRequires an active connection — run `pbi-agent connect` first if any command fails with "no connection".## Commands```bash# Model overview (name, tables, measures, relationships counts)pbi-agent model info# List all tablespbi-agent model tables# List all measures across the modelpbi-agent model measures# Filter measures to a single tablepbi-agent model measures --table Sales# List relationshipspbi-agent model relationships# Add a new measure (replaces if the name exists)pbi-agent model add-measure "Total Sales" "SUM(Sales[Amount])" --table Sales# Add a measure with a format stringpbi-agent model add-measure "YoY Growth" "[Total Sales] / [PY Sales] - 1" \ --table Sales --format-string "0.0%"# Pin an SSAS port (skip auto-detect)pbi-agent model info --port 56123```## Guidance- `add-measure` **overwrites** an existing measure with the same name — confirm with the user before replacing.- Table names are case-sensitive; verify with `pbi-agent model tables` before `--table` references.- For complex DAX with VAR/RETURN, validate via `pbi-agent dax validate` before calling `add-measure`.- To inspect a single measure's DAX expression, use `pbi-agent dax query "EVALUATE FILTER(INFO.MEASURES(), [Name] = \"My Measure\")"`.## Measure Create Syntax ReferenceTwo CLIs can add measures; their argument forms are different:```bash# pbi-agent (this tool) — positional name, then DAX, then --table flagpbi-agent model add-measure "Total Revenue" "SUM(Sales[Amount])" --table Sales# pbi-cli (if installed separately) — name positional, -e for expression, -t for tablepbi measure create "Total Revenue" -e "SUM(Sales[Amount])" -t Sales```The three-positional form `pbi measure create TableName "Name" "DAX"` is **wrong** for pbi-cli — Click rejects it. Always use `-e`/`-t` named flags with `pbi measure create`.## Common Failures- **"No active connection"** → run `pbi-agent connect`- **Table not found** → verify with `pbi-agent model tables` (exact case)- **Measure expression invalid** → validate first: `pbi-agent dax validate "<expr>"`

Frequently asked questions

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