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LLM tools: Likewise, you can use LLM tools to facilitate various aspects of report development, including the creation of custom visuals in DAX (via SVG visuals), R, Python, and Deneb.

Figma and Excalidraw: general-purpose design tools that you can use to facilitate the design for anything. For models, you might use Figma (FigJam, likely) or Excalidraw to create the conceptual or logical model for your semantic model during the design There are many other tools for doing this, including Visio or even the diagram view in Tabular Editor 3.

Tabular Editor: an end-to-end development tool that you can use either together with Power BI Desktop or as an alternative. Tabular Editor is an integrated development environment specialized for working with semantic models. It is designed from the ground up, to empower semantic model developers with everything they need to build good semantic models while being efficient.

Large language models (LLMs) and other generative AI tools

Power BI Desktop tools: New features and tools in Power BI Desktop also support a variety of use cases.

Power Designer

It is important to emphasize that you do not need to use any of these tools. Rather, you typically turn to them when you have specific problems that you want to solve, or scenarios that you aim to address