# Power BI Modeling MCP Server MCP Server

The Power BI Modeling MCP Server brings Power BI semantic modeling capabilities to your AI agents.

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## Status

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## Connect

Published as `@microsoft/powerbi-modeling-mcp` on npm. Runs locally.

## Known issues

**95 problems reported by people outside the maintainer team.** Issues filed by the project's own owners, members and collaborators are excluded — those are release checklists and internal refactors, not things that will go wrong for you. Showing 12.

### Most discussed

### [Bug]: Can't install 'analysis-services.powerbi-modeling-mcp' extension because it is not compatible with the current version of Visual Studio Code (version 1.115.0).

### Version
0.5.3

### Model used
N/A

### Description
Unable to install on VS Code 1.115.0 (or previous versions) due to error message 'Can't install 'analysis-services.powerbi-modeling-mcp' extension because it is not compatible with the current version of Visual Studio Code (version 1.115.0).' on MacOS: Darwin arm64 25.4.0
 
### Expected Behavior
Extension should install
 
### Actual Behavior
Error message: Can't install 'analysis-services.powerbi-modeling-mcp' extension because it is not com

[Read the thread](https://github.com/microsoft/powerbi-modeling-mcp/issues/93) · 2026-04-13 · open · external user · 9 comments

### [Bug]: Version 0.4.0 incompatible with Claude Desktop - prints ASCII banner to stdio

The v0.4.0 executable prints an ASCII welcome banner and calls Console.ReadKey() 
when started with --stdio flag, breaking MCP protocol communication with Claude Desktop.

Error in logs:
System.InvalidOperationException: Cannot read keys when either application does 
not have a console or when console input has been redirected.

The server should run in headless mode when --stdio is specified, outputting 
only JSON-RPC messages.

Environment:
- Windows 11
- Claude Desktop 1.1617.0.0
- powerbi-mo

[Read the thread](https://github.com/microsoft/powerbi-modeling-mcp/issues/89) · 2026-04-12 · open · external user · 5 comments

### [Bug]:Remote MCP server OAuth flow broken — AADSTS9010010: `resource` parameter conflicts with `scope` on v2.0 endpoint

### Version

Remote Power BI MCP Server — `https://api.fabric.microsoft.com/v1/mcp/powerbi`  

### Model used

Claude Sonnet 4.6 (via GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.2)

### Description

The Remote Power BI MCP server's browser-based OAuth authentication flow stopped working around **March 7–8, 2026**. The authorization URL constructed by the server sends both a `scope` and a `resource` parameter on the OAuth **v2.0** endpoint. This combination is invalid on v2.0 and now triggers **AADSTS9010010** due t

[Read the thread](https://github.com/microsoft/powerbi-modeling-mcp/issues/68) · 2026-03-09 · open · external user · 41 comments

### [Bug]: Connection failed to Fabric Workspace

### Version
Specify the version of the MCP server.

### Model used
LLM model used: Claude Sonnet 4.5, GPT-5,...

### Description
A clear and concise description of the bug.
 
### Expected Behavior
What should happen?
 
### Actual Behavior
What actually happened?
 
### Additional Context
Add any other context about the problem: chat session export; screenshots; output window...

[Read the thread](https://github.com/microsoft/powerbi-modeling-mcp/issues/48) · 2026-01-15 · closed · external user · 7 comments

### [Bug]: Power BI Modeling MCP Server Not Appearing in Configure Tools

## Bug Report: Power BI Modeling MCP Server Not Appearing in Configure Tools

**Date:** December 10, 2025

## Environment
- **VS Code Version:** [To be filled]
- **Extension:** Power BI Modeling MCP Server (analysis-services.powerbi-modeling-mcp)
- **Extension Status:** Installed and enabled
- **Operating System:** Windows
- **Shell:** PowerShell 5.1

## Issue Description
The Power BI Modeling MCP server (`powerbi-modeling-mcp`) does not appear in the GitHub Copilot Chat "Configure Tools" dialog

[Read the thread](https://github.com/microsoft/powerbi-modeling-mcp/issues/30) · 2025-12-10 · closed · external user · 7 comments

### Most recent

### [Bug]: attempted offline layout edit broke Power BI’s internal integrity binding

### Version
latest

### Model used
GPT-5.5

### Description
The Power BI Modeling MCP successfully connected to and inspected your model, but it cannot edit
  report-page visuals. My attempted offline layout edit broke Power BI’s internal integrity binding,
  so I rolled it back immediately. The restored file should open normally. MCP always corrupts the files.
 
### Expected Behavior
File not corrupted
 
### Actual Behavior
My attempted offline layout edit broke Power BI’s internal integrity bi

[Read the thread](https://github.com/microsoft/powerbi-modeling-mcp/issues/133) · 2026-08-11 · open · external user · 0 comments

### [Bug]: Remote Power BI MCP GenerateQuery consistently returns -32600 across VS Code, external client, and raw HTTP while schema and query execution succeed

### Version

Power BI Remote MCP Server (Microsoft-hosted)

Endpoint:
`https://api.fabric.microsoft.com/v1/mcp/powerbi`

The remote server does not expose a server version number that we could identify.

Tested in August 2026.

### Model used

The issue is reproducible across different MCP client paths and is not limited to a single client-side LLM.

Tested with:

- VS Code MCP / GitHub Copilot
- Claude Desktop
- Custom application using raw HTTP / JSON-RPC

The failure also reproduces when `Gen

[Read the thread](https://github.com/microsoft/powerbi-modeling-mcp/issues/132) · 2026-08-10 · open · external user · 0 comments

### [Feature]: Support for Automating Power BI Desktop Performance Analyzer Workflows

**Description**:

Hi Power BI Modeling MCP team,

First, thank you for building the Power BI Modeling MCP Server—it's been extremely useful for semantic model development and automation workflows.

I have a question regarding potential support for Power BI Desktop Performance Analyzer automation.

**Scenario**:

My goal is to use GitHub Copilot (via the Power BI Modeling MCP Server) to perform end-to-end report performance analysis on a local .pbix file without manual intervention.

Ideally, I w

[Read the thread](https://github.com/microsoft/powerbi-modeling-mcp/issues/128) · 2026-07-27 · open · external user · 0 comments

### [Bug]: DAX query Execute operation does not return row data (0.5.x regression)

### Version

Tested across multiple versions:
- **0.1.8** ✅ Returns row data
- **0.5.5** ❌ No row data
- **0.5.8** ❌ No row data
- **0.5.10** ❌ No row data
- **0.5.11** ❌ No row data

### Model used

Gemini 3.1 Pro / Claude Opus 4.6 
- via Google Antigravity IDE v2.0.4, Windows 11, stdio transport

### Description

The `dax_query_operations` tool's `Execute` operation successfully executes DAX queries but does not return row data in the response payload starting in version 0.5.5. Version 0.1.8 c

[Read the thread](https://github.com/microsoft/powerbi-modeling-mcp/issues/124) · 2026-06-26 · open · external user · 3 comments

### README confirmation flag matches no shipped binary; default behavior inverted in 0.5.0; config examples don't work in Claude

# README: the `--skipconfirmation` flag doesn't exist in any shipped binary, and the config examples don't work in Claude

Spent a while getting this server running across a couple of MCP clients and got tripped up by the README. The big one is the confirmation flag — it doesn't match what any binary I have actually accepts, and the behavior around it has flipped between versions, which is a bit scary given it's the flag that controls whether writes to your model get a safety prompt. Also the co

[Read the thread](https://github.com/microsoft/powerbi-modeling-mcp/issues/123) · 2026-06-26 · open · external user · 0 comments

### GA Timeline?

We’re evaluating the Microsoft Power BI Modeling MCP Server for enterprise use. The license and documentation indicate it is pre-release/Public Preview software. Can Microsoft provide any guidance on expected GA timing, the criteria for GA, and whether the license/support terms will change at GA? We need this from a compliance perspective.

[Read the thread](https://github.com/microsoft/powerbi-modeling-mcp/issues/121) · 2026-06-16 · open · external user · 0 comments

### [Bug]: https://github.com/microsoft/powerbi-modeling-mcp/issues/new/choose

## Bug Description
The MCP server crashes immediately when launched from Claude Desktop because 
it calls Console.ReadKey() in PrintWelcomeInfo(), but stdin is redirected 
when running as a stdio MCP server (no real console).

## Error from log

## Versions affected
- 0.4.0
- 0.5.9

## Suggested fix
Wrap the Console.ReadKey() call with a redirect check:
```csharp
if (!Console.IsInputRedirected) Console.ReadKey();
```

## Steps to reproduce
1. Install the extension in VS Code
2. Configure Claude 

[Read the thread](https://github.com/microsoft/powerbi-modeling-mcp/issues/119) · 2026-06-08 · open · external user · 2 comments

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