Session
External tools for Power BI, how to create them!
Power BI offers an add-in to work with 3rd party external tools like Tabular Editor, DAX Studio and ALM toolkit. The fact that you can use a tool of your own preference is already really cool! But did you know that you can build external tools yourself pretty easy? Even as a non-developer like I am, you can build an External Tool for Power BI!
After this session you:
- Know different External Tools for Power BI, and how you could use them
- Understand what is needed to build your own External Tool
- Know where to get started building your own External Tool
Power BI offers an add-in to work with 3rd party external tools like Tabular Editor, DAX Studio and ALM toolkit. The fact that you can use a tool of your own preference is already really cool! But did you know that you can build external tools yourself pretty easy? Even as a non-developer like I am, you can build an External Tool for Power BI!
After this session you:
- Know different External Tools for Power BI, and how you could use them
- Understand what is needed to build your own External Tool
- Know where to get started building your own External Tool

Marc Lelijveld
Data Platform MVP | FastTrack Recognized Solution Architect | MS Certified Trainer | Data & Analytics Solution Architect
Haastrecht, Netherlands