📝NOTE: The availability of this feature may be limited based on the license type, region, and other criteria. To access this feature, contact support.

Druva supports disaster recovery for Microsoft Power BI using a Download-and-Import workflow. Restoration of Power BI data directly through the Druva cloud platform will be available soon.

📝NOTE: Only assets downloaded as .pbix and .rdl files can be imported back into Power BI workspaces. Other assets—such as dashboards, semantic models, apps, and dataflows—are downloaded as JSON files for configuration reference only and cannot be directly imported.

When you import a PBIX report file in Power BI, the associated assets, such as the semantic model and dashboard, are automatically recreated in the target workspace.

Power BI Asset Compatibility Matrix

Item Type	File Format/Notes	Recovery Method
Dashboards	`JSON` metadata files.	Reference Only. (Must be recreated manually by pinning visuals from restored reports, see Restoring Dashboards).
Semantic Models	`JSON` metadata files	Reference Only.
Dataflows (Gen 1)	`JSON` metadata files	Reference Only.
Apps	`JSON` metadata files	Reference Only.
Reports	Self-contained `.pbix` files	Import Supported. Can be downloaded and imported directly to Power BI workspaces.
Paginated reports	`rdl` file	Import Supported. Can be downloaded and imported directly to Power BI workspaces.

📝NOTE: If the Item Type is displayed as Reports (metadata), it indicates that either the third prerequisite—adding the service principal to the Power BI workspaces—has not been completed, or the report is a copy of a report saved in a different workspace. In such cases, the backup operation is still marked as successful, but only the report metadata is backed up. The actual report file is not included in the backup.

The Recovery Workflow

To recover a corrupted or deleted workspace, follow these steps to restore the parent Self-Contained Report (.pbix).

Step 1: Download the `.pbix` file from Druva

Navigate to Microsoft Power Platform > Power BI > Configured Workspaces.
Select the target workspace and open the Snapshot Viewer.
Locate the specific Report (.pbix file).
Click Download.

Step 2: Import the file to Power BI

Log in to the Microsoft Power BI Service.
Navigate to the destination workspace.
Select Import> From this computer and upload the downloaded .pbix and .rdl files.

Restoring Dashboards

Due to Microsoft API limitations, dashboards cannot be directly imported and restored into Power BI workspaces. The dashboards are backed up as a JSON metadata file for reference purposes only, rather than an importable file.

To restore a dashboard, you must recreate it from your restored reports.

Step 1: Download and Import the Report .pbix file

Step 2: Review the Dashboard Metadata

Open the downloaded JSON metadata file associated with your dashboard.
Review the metadata to identify the specific tiles (e.g., "sum of cogs", "sum of sales") that were originally configured on the dashboard.