# SemanticOps MCP (for Power BI) MCP Server

Power BI MCP server (Supports Windows and macOS)

**Publisher claimed.** No tool list reported, and Pod has not connected to this server.

## Status

Pod has not dialled SemanticOps MCP (for Power BI) yet, so everything on this page is what its publisher reported rather than what we observed. Registries describe servers; they do not connect to them. Until a check runs, treat the tool list below as a claim.

## Connect

Published as `mcp-engine` on npm. Runs locally.

## Known issues

**8 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 5.

### Most discussed

### Slow list operation due to stale Analysis Services workspace directories with dead ports

Summary

  The list operation for Power BI Desktop models can take 10-20+ minutes when stale Analysis Services workspace
  directories have accumulated on the machine. MCP Engine attempts to connect to every discovered port, and dead ports
  cause long connection timeouts that stack up sequentially.

  Root Cause

  Power BI Desktop creates a workspace directory under %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Power BI
  Desktop\AnalysisServicesWorkspaces\ each time a PBIX file is opened. Each directory contains 

[Read the thread](https://github.com/maxanatsko/mcp-engine-public/issues/10) · 2026-05-08 · closed · external user · 3 comments

### [Security]: ESET detects mcp-engine binary as trojan (Win64/Filecoder_AGen.CO)

## Summary

ESET Endpoint Security detects the distributed `mcp-engine` binary as a trojan when it is pulled via `npx`.

## Category

Packaging / supply chain / release artifacts

## Severity

High

## Affected surface

The packaged `bin/mcp-engine-bin-*.exe` download path on Windows machines with ESET Endpoint Security enabled.

## Reproduction steps

1. Pull the package via `npx`.
2. Allow ESET real-time protection and deep behavioral inspection to scan the downloaded binary.
3. Observe that E

[Read the thread](https://github.com/maxanatsko/mcp-engine-public/issues/9) · 2026-04-10 · closed · external user · 3 comments

### The Chatbot said "I cannot directly control Power BI Desktop through the browser extension". Can't create visuals

I don't understand.  Ask the chatbot to create a simple visual. It said I need to install a Chrome extension and log in to Claude in Chrome. Already did it. Then it said, "I cannot directly control Power BI Desktop through the browser extension." What is going on?
How does this work exactly? I thought that this would work with PowerBI Desktop locally? Now it says it can't modify things using a Chrome extension. It also said it needs my screenshot of PowerBI Visual. WTF? Does this modify visuals 

[Read the thread](https://github.com/maxanatsko/mcp-engine-public/issues/8) · 2026-01-28 · closed · external user · 1 comment

### Flagged as Ransomeware by Trend Security Agent

Hi, 
Trend Security Agent flagged powerbi-desktop-mcp-2.0.10.mcpb as Ransomeware (high probability). 
Is there a possibility were we could inspect source code for review ? 

env pro so can't take risk :3 

Thx for your work !

[Read the thread](https://github.com/maxanatsko/mcp-engine-public/issues/7) · 2026-01-23 · closed · external user · 2 comments

### Vertipaq cache only cleared on first run

When I ran the trace tool with n runs, it only cleared the cache on the first one.

[Read the thread](https://github.com/maxanatsko/mcp-engine-public/issues/5) · 2025-11-17 · closed · external user · 2 comments

[See all 8 reports Pod holds for SemanticOps MCP (for Power BI)](/mcp/semanticops-mcp-for-power-bi/issues).

## Firsthand observations

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- No tool list published — Pod has not verified what it exposes
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