Measure Killer
Built for IT review. Designed to stay out of your way.
Your data does not leave your machine. Scans read metadata only — and write back to a model solely when you choose to remove unused fields. Documentation below for your security team.
No data leaves your machine
Measure Killer Free runs entirely on your desktop. Your .pbix files, models, and DAX never leave your device — there is no telemetry of model contents.
Read-only by default
Tenant scans read Power BI / Fabric metadata in read-only mode — Measure Killer never changes your models on its own. The one exception is opt-in cleanup: when you choose to remove unused columns and measures, that change is written back over the XMLA endpoint. On an Enterprise license it needs Workspace Contributor plus XMLA Read/Write; on a Limited license it works only in the tool's admin modes, for tenant administrators.
Metadata-only interaction
Measure Killer only ever reads metadata — the names and definitions of tables, columns, measures, and reports, plus usage statistics. It never queries, processes, or pulls the actual data inside your models; the values in your tables are never read.
Customer-controlled
Enterprise scan results are stored on infrastructure you control. You configure retention, access, and export policies. We do not retain copies.
Doesn't online mode connect to the cloud?
Yes — but only to read metadata. Online and tenant scans sign in as you and pull metadata down from your own Power BI and Fabric APIs — never the actual data inside your models; the values in your tables are never read. The one thing ever written back is opt-in cleanup: if you choose to remove unused columns or measures, Measure Killer writes that change over XMLA to your own model — still your own Microsoft tenant, still metadata. Nothing is sent to Brunner BI or any third party except the license check (product version, username, license key, IP) — nothing about your models. Analysis runs locally, and scan results stay on infrastructure you control.
Need the full detail? The security whitepaper documents every connection, endpoint, and data-handling decision for your security team.
Architecture overview
How the desktop app connects to external services — what leaves your machine and what stays local.
Documents
Everything your security team needs to review Measure Killer.
Compliance
Where we are today, and what we're working toward.
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