Idea: Generation of prompt for "chatbot"

[dbcandle]

New guy here, so please excuse if this is a dumb question. In looking through other comments, it looks like people are only using OpenAI and Anthropic models to date. Expen$ive!

Question: For those like myself who prefer to only have the $20/month subscription (ChatGPT Plus for me at the moment), have you ever considered a feature for AI Assistant, maybe called "Generate Prompt" that would provide a prompt that can be cut/pasted into a ChatGPT chat, resulting in output such as "add/update these calculations" or "modify your model as follows"?

I know I can feed a .bim file and DAX Script output to the chatbot and do it myself, but it is a very clumsy process. If using Tabular Editor 3 (I have the base version), there is no option to save the .bim file, so I need to use Tablular Editor 2. Also, using either Tabular Editor 3 SCRIPT DAX or C# in Tabular Editor 2, I need to generate some relevant DAX for any particular prompt. Then, I need to upload the files to ChatGPT, reference the files, yada-yada.

Anyway, just a "new guy" thought/question, while I'm here. Apologies' if it is a dumb idea. Just trying to stay within budget. Google, Anthropic and OpenAI all reduced token-usage a couple of months back, and I'm struggling to stay "in the loop" with AI.

[otykier]

I believe some users have experimented with C# scripts in Tabular Editor both to generate the prompt (i.e. output model metadata in a token-lean way based on the current selection), and to parse the results (for example, instructing the LLM to return the result as JSON or to write a C# script for model modifications). Tagging @data-goblin, @eugman and @vdvoorder in case they have some concrete experiences to share.

That being said, for more advanced stuff, we recommend using the newly released te CLI. It's cross-platform and essentially exposes every TE3 feature on the command line. Combine it with a set of skills (we'll be publishing some official skills soon!), and you can use this with your favorite coding agent to benefit from the subsidized token costs that you won't get when using inference APIs with the AI Assistant...

[dbcandle]

OK, downloaded the CLI Public Preview.

Question: Before investing time, is it anticipated that like AI Assistant it will be part of all license subscriptions? I only have the individual "base" plan (Power BI Desktop only).

[otykier]

So the AI Assistant feature will be (and already is) part of all TE3 license tiers (Desktop, Business, Enterprise).

Unfortunately, CLI licensing isn't finalized, so I can't share anything just yet - but we're working on it and expect to announce the licensing soon.