Power BI developers, your lives just got a lot easier.
Say goodbye to the "Download to Desktop -> Change one minor setting -> Re-publish" cycle.
Model Options are now available directly in the Power BI Service! Microsoft is heavily investing in making the web modeling experience feature-parity with Desktop.
With this latest update, you can handle core engine parameters straight from your browser workspace: What's New in Web Modeling:
• Auto-Type & Header Detection for raw data streams.
• Relationship Configurations to manage auto-detected joins.
• Parallel Table Loading to customize data processing concurrency.
• Time Intelligence switches to drop or keep auto-generated date tables.
• Direct query Settings to cap maximum source connections or toggle model access.
Credits: Sindhu Ramasamy
July 24, 2026 314
