JoshT
Advocate III
1 year agoStatus:
New
BUG: report connected to deleted semantic model cannot be opened in PBI desktop
If opening a pbix file that has previously been connected to a semantic model in the service that is now deleted, user receives the below error. Clicking on Edit results in Power BI desktop freezing....
JoshT
Advocate III
1 year agoI've said before Microsoft need to make sure that pbix files can be opened regardless of errors that are hiding in files. There is a similar issue when opening .pbit files for semantic models that for whatever reason can't be refreshed on opening. If the refresh is cancelled, instead of just creating the new .pbix from template, a blank is created instead. This is poor design and needs rectifying