Prathy Kamasani

Copying Power BI reports or notebooks across Fabric workspaces isn’t exactly smooth — especially if you want to move things in bulk. In this blog, I walk through how I used the Fabric CLI inside a notebook to automate this task. No external tooling, no manual fiddling. Just a smart little hack with: • Environment-based authentication • Folder ID lookups (with auto-create if missing) • Safe copy logic with fab cp • Final clean-up with a folder PATCH

Cloning a semantic model or report in Power BI isn’t always recommended—but sometimes, it’s the smartest move. Whether you’re juggling multiple environments or building templates for different domains, this step-by-step guide shows how to clone semantic models and reports with Python using sempy_labs, and rebind them with ease.

Quick guide to convert Power BI Direct Lake models to Import mode and rebind reports using Semantic Link Labs. Perfect for publishing open d