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Abhikadmawala
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7 months ago
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Report Corrupted

Hi everyone, I need some urgent help regarding a Power BI issue. I had a report published in a Premium capacity workspace, and I used to replace the file whenever I made changes. This week, when I ...
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  • rohit1991's avatar
    rohit1991
    7 months ago

    Hii Abhikadmawala 

     

    when you delete a report, keep the dataset, and then rebind an older report, the internal PBIX download linkage breaks even though the dataset still exists. That’s why the semantic model appears blank and the report cannot be downloaded, but your data is not actually lost. The only reliable recovery is to connect to the existing dataset from Power BI Desktop (Get Data >>  Power BI Dataset) and rebuild the report; downloading the original PBIX is not possible once this linkage is broken.

  • cengizhanarslan's avatar
    cengizhanarslan
    6 months ago

    Power BI may no longer be able to generate a downloadable PBIX, especially when service-side changes or Premium features are involved. I would recommend you to download your model with an external tool tile Tabular Editor and download the report pbip from OneLake Explorer. Then combine files in destop.

     

    To avoid these kind of struggles I would prefer always keep working in desktop.

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Olufemi7
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7 months ago

Hello Abhikadmawala,

Deleting the new report and rebinding broke the lineage, leaving the dataset service-only in Microsoft Power BI, so a PBIX can’t be generated.

Microsoft confirms PBIX download isn’t supported for models with service-side changes or Premium features:
Download a report from the Power BI service to Power BI Desktop

The report (visual layer) cannot be recovered without a PBIX backup only the model can be partially extracted and the report must be rebuilt.