Business users, especially in large organizations, need a solution that can easily extract actionable insights at scale for intelligent decision-making. Power BI addresses this need by supporting enterprise-grade semantic models. To enhance this capability, the ALM Toolkit now supports diff comparisons of semantic model definitions in the Tabular Model Definition Language (TMDL) format. This allows you to view semantic model metadata in a clear, YAML-like format, making it easier to track and implement incremental changes.

Use ALM Toolkit for scenarios such as:

Deploy changes to model metadata while preserving data, including incremental refresh.
Diff and merge models with safeguards to maintain metadata integrity.
Reuse shared objects like conformed dimensions, date dimensions, and common measures across models.
Automate tasks with command-line execution.