Error when using live connection to Power BI dataset "An error occurred while loading the model"

Hi there, I have published a master.pbix to a workgroup. I created a new contracts.pbix file with Live Connection to the published dataset. I saved the .pbix with some visuals and published it to ...

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7 years ago

Hi RobJo,

Please double check if the master report does exist and isn't renamed recently. Please open Power BI desktop, choose Power BI datasets connector, check if you can find the master report and connect to it correctly.

Please enable the Power BI desktop trace, then open the contracts.pbix file, share the desktop trace log with us around the time that issue occurs. You can upload trace files to your OneDrive and send the share link to me via private message.

Best Regards,
Qiuyun Yu

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