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benabdillahr
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5 years ago
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PowerBI Template Refresh Error pbit

Hello Everyone,   I am encountering some issues with using some PBI templates. Whenever I open my template for the first time, it shows a reshresh error as if it was connected to a datasource (it's...
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    v-kelly-msft
    5 years ago

    Hi benabdillahr,

     

    Sorry,I didnt explain clearly before.

    Based on my understanding,as you are using a live connection,it means that there is no actual data loaded in the pbit file,but your file contains some calculated objects which require the actual data,that's why you get the refresh notification.

    Hope this make sense.

     

    Best Regards,
    Kelly

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benabdillahr
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5 years ago

Hello Kelly,

 

Thanks for your reply, but I'm afraid I do no understand what you mean.
Do you mean that PowerBI desktop needs credentials to open the existing templates? If yes, I am already signed in and I still get that error message.
Can you please explain further?

Thanks,

Rajaa

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v-kelly-msft
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5 years ago

Hi benabdillahr,

 

Sorry,I didnt explain clearly before.

Based on my understanding,as you are using a live connection,it means that there is no actual data loaded in the pbit file,but your file contains some calculated objects which require the actual data,that's why you get the refresh notification.

Hope this make sense.

 

Best Regards,
Kelly

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