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samdthompson
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10 years ago
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Dax editor

On Friday I built a data model in powerbi desktop and published the draft version to powered. On Monday I did a little bit more work and locally saved the work I had done. I have since had some calam...
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  • samdthompson's avatar
    samdthompson
    10 years ago

    Thanks for all the ideas guys, looks like this is a no solution problem at the moment, tried the DVM query but did not work either. After a couple of gins last night I feel much happier about rebuilding all my work.

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orionlee
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10 years ago

Note that the DAX editor feature is not likely to be implemented soon given the number of votes and the status on the idea. One feature that could help in your situation that is a little closer to being implemented is the ability to export a PowerBI report as a pbix file:

https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/6856196-export-power-bi-report-in-a-pbix-file

 

One hacky solution that might be a bit hit and miss is to rename your pbix file to a zip and copy the DataModel inside the zip to a copy of your "good" version you can revert to from Friday. It's a long shot but if you're lucky things might magically work.

 

Also consider posting in the Desktop section of the PowerBI forum to see if any of the Desktop experts have ideas for recovering information from a corrupted pbix file.