Can't set description in Power BI Report Server

When you try to set the report description on a Power BI Report in Power BI Report Server you get an error. This only happens for Power BI Reports. Here is the relevant error in the log file: ...

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Community Support

9 years ago

Hi lkubat,

This is a known issue. Please check Petebro's reply in this same thread:

"It's a regression of functionality and will require a fix to the server. It has been added to our backlog as a high priority bug."

Best Regards,
Qiuyun Yu

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