PBIXRay MCP Server V2

# MCP-PowerBi-Finvision Quickstart Guide (2025-10-09) MCP-PowerBi-Finvision is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Power BI Desktop. It lets tools/agents inspect and analyze your open model safely. What you can do: - Connect to an open Power BI Desktop model - List tables/columns/measures and preview data - Search objects and inspect data sources and M expressions - Run Best Practice Analyzer (BPA) on the model - Analyze relationships, column cardinality, VertiPaq stats - Generate documentation and export TMSL/TMDL - Validate RLS coverage and DAX syntax Popular tools (friendly names): - connection: detect powerbi desktop | connection: connect to powerbi - list: tables | list: columns | list: measures | describe: table | preview: table - search: objects | search: text in measures | get: data sources | get: m expressions - analysis: best practices (BPA) | analysis: relationship/cardinality | analysis: storage compression - usage: find unused objects | usage: column heatmap - export: compact schema | export: tmsl | export: tmdl | docs: generate Tips: - Large results are paged; use page_size + next_token - Some Desktop builds hide DMVs; the server falls back to TOM or client-side filtering - Use list_tools to see all tool names and schemas Troubleshooting: - Use get_recent_logs and get_server_info - Ensure ADOMD/AMO DLLs exist in lib/dotnet for advanced features