Error on create report

[BryanCarmichael]

Hi 

I have extracted a repor definition for an existing simple report and stored it in a lakehouse table by part both encoded and decoded

However when I try and use this to recreate the report in a different workspace I get the following error:

'status': 'Failed', 'createdTimeUtc': '2025-03-03T14:44:01.5991557', 'lastUpdatedTimeUtc': '2025-03-03T14:44:02.0210561', 'percentComplete': None, 'error': {'errorCode': 'Workload_FailedToParseFile', 'message': "Cannot read 'report.json'. After parsing a value an unexpected character was encountered: v. Path 'config', line 1, position 17."}

If i pass the extracted encoded string it works perfectly  - not sure what is going wrong 

Code is below with sensitive details replacd with XXXXXXX  - any help greatly appreciated 

import requests
import json
import time
import base64

workspaceID = "XXXXXXX"
reportName = "Test client publish 2"
reportDescription = "this should be filtered to 1211"
clientGroupCode = "1211"
#Should not need to change definition block
definitionElementName = 'definition.pbir'
definitionJson = '''{ "version": "4.0", "datasetReference": { "byConnection": { "connectionString": "Data Source=XXXXXXX;Initial Catalog=XXXXXXX;Integrated Security=ClaimsToken", "pbiServiceModelId": null, "pbiModelVirtualServerName": "sobe_wowvirtualserver", "pbiModelDatabaseName": "c2049598-3bae-4081-8941-32d80d4a6bca", "name": "EntityDataSource", "connectionType": "pbiServiceXmlaStyleLive" } }}'''
#Will need replacing each republish
themeElementName = 'StaticResources/SharedResources/BaseThemes/CY24SU10.json'
themeJson ='''{  "name": "CY24SU10",  "dataColors": [  "#118DFF",  "#12239E",  "#E66C37",  "#6B007B",  "#E044A7",  "#744EC2",  "#D9B300",  "#D64550",  "#197278",  "#1AAB40",  "#15C6F4",  "#4092FF",  "#FFA058",  "#BE5DC9",  "#F472D0",  "#B5A1FF",  "#C4A200",  "#FF8080",  "#00DBBC",  "#5BD667",  "#0091D5",  "#4668C5",  "#FF6300",  "#99008A",  "#EC008C",  "#533285",  "#99700A",  "#FF4141",  "#1F9A85",  "#25891C",  "#0057A2",  "#002050",  "#C94F0F",  "#450F54",  "#B60064",  "#34124F",  "#6A5A29",  "#1AAB40",  "#BA141A",  "#0C3D37",  "#0B511F"  ],  "foreground": "#252423",  "foregroundNeutralSecondary": "#605E5C",  "foregroundNeutralTertiary": "#B3B0AD",  "background": "#FFFFFF",  "backgroundLight": "#F3F2F1",  "backgroundNeutral": "#C8C6C4",  "tableAccent": "#118DFF",  "good": "#1AAB40",  "neutral": "#D9B300",  "bad": "#D64554",  "maximum": "#118DFF",  "center": "#D9B300",  "minimum": "#DEEFFF",  "null": "#FF7F48",  "hyperlink": "#0078d4",  "visitedHyperlink": "#0078d4",  "textClasses": {  "callout": {  "fontSize": 45,  "fontFace": "DIN",  "color": "#252423"  },  "title": {  "fontSize": 12,  "fontFace": "DIN",  "color": "#252423"  },  "header": {  "fontSize": 12,  "fontFace": "Segoe UI Semibold",  "color": "#252423"  },  "label": {  "fontSize": 10,  "fontFace": "Segoe UI",  "color": "#252423"  }  },  "visualStyles": {  "*": {  "*": {  "*": [  {  "wordWrap": true  }  ],  "line": [  {  "transparency": 0  }  ],  "outline": [  {  "transparency": 0  }  ],  "plotArea": [  {  "transparency": 0  }  ],  "categoryAxis": [  {  "showAxisTitle": true,  "gridlineStyle": "dotted",  "concatenateLabels": false  }  ],  "valueAxis": [  {  "showAxisTitle": true,  "gridlineStyle": "dotted"  }  ],  "y2Axis": [  {  "show": true  }  ],  "title": [  {  "titleWrap": true  }  ],  "lineStyles": [  {  "strokeWidth": 3  }  ],  "wordWrap": [  {  "show": true  }  ],  "background": [  {  "show": true,  "transparency": 0  }  ],  "border": [  {  "width": 1  }  ],  "outspacePane": [  {  "backgroundColor": {  "solid": {  "color": "#ffffff"  }  },  "transparency": 0,  "border": true,  "borderColor": {  "solid": {  "color": "#B3B0AD"  }  }  }  ],  "filterCard": [  {  "$id": "Applied",  "transparency": 0,  "foregroundColor": {  "solid": {  "color": "#252423"  }  },  "border": true  },  {  "$id": "Available",  "transparency": 0,  "foregroundColor": {  "solid": {  "color": "#252423"  }  },  "border": true  }  ]  }  },  "scatterChart": {  "*": {  "bubbles": [  {  "bubbleSize": -10,  "markerRangeType": "auto"  }  ],  "general": [  {  "responsive": true  }  ],  "fillPoint": [  {  "show": true  }  ],  "legend": [  {  "showGradientLegend": true  }  ]  }  },  "lineChart": {  "*": {  "general": [  {  "responsive": true  }  ],  "smallMultiplesLayout": [  {  "backgroundTransparency": 0,  "gridLineType": "inner"  }  ],  "forecast": [  {  "matchSeriesInterpolation": true  }  ]  }  },  "map": {  "*": {  "bubbles": [  {  "bubbleSize": -10,  "markerRangeType": "auto"  }  ]  }  },  "azureMap": {  "*": {  "bubbleLayer": [  {  "bubbleRadius": 8,  "minBubbleRadius": 8,  "maxRadius": 40  }  ],  "barChart": [  {  "barHeight": 3,  "thickness": 3  }  ]  }  },  "pieChart": {  "*": {  "legend": [  {  "show": true,  "position": "RightCenter"  }  ],  "labels": [  {  "labelStyle": "Data value, percent of total"  }  ]  }  },  "donutChart": {  "*": {  "legend": [  {  "show": true,  "position": "RightCenter"  }  ],  "labels": [  {  "labelStyle": "Data value, percent of total"  }  ]  }  },  "pivotTable": {  "*": {  "rowHeaders": [  {  "showExpandCollapseButtons": true,  "legacyStyleDisabled": true  }  ]  }  },  "multiRowCard": {  "*": {  "card": [  {  "outlineWeight": 2,  "barShow": true,  "barWeight": 2  }  ]  }  },  "kpi": {  "*": {  "trendline": [  {  "transparency": 20  }  ]  }  },  "cardVisual": {  "*": {  "layout": [  {  "maxTiles": 3  }  ],  "overflow": [  {  "type": 0  }  ],  "image": [  {  "fixedSize": false  },  {  "imageAreaSize": 50  }  ]  }  },  "advancedSlicerVisual": {  "*": {  "layout": [  {  "maxTiles": 3  }  ]  }  },  "slicer": {  "*": {  "general": [  {  "responsive": true  }  ],  "date": [  {  "hideDatePickerButton": false  }  ],  "items": [  {  "padding": 4,  "accessibilityContrastProperties": true  }  ]  }  },  "waterfallChart": {  "*": {  "general": [  {  "responsive": true  }  ]  }  },  "columnChart": {  "*": {  "general": [  {  "responsive": true  }  ],  "legend": [  {  "showGradientLegend": true  }  ],  "smallMultiplesLayout": [  {  "backgroundTransparency": 0,  "gridLineType": "inner"  }  ]  }  },  "clusteredColumnChart": {  "*": {  "general": [  {  "responsive": true  }  ],  "legend": [  {  "showGradientLegend": true  }  ],  "smallMultiplesLayout": [  {  "backgroundTransparency": 0,  "gridLineType": "inner"  }  ]  }  },  "hundredPercentStackedColumnChart": {  "*": {  "general": [  {  "responsive": true  }  ],  "legend": [  {  "showGradientLegend": true  }  ],  "smallMultiplesLayout": [  {  "backgroundTransparency": 0,  "gridLineType": "inner"  }  ]  }  },  "barChart": {  "*": {  "general": [  {  "responsive": true  }  ],  "legend": [  {  "showGradientLegend": true  }  ],  "smallMultiplesLayout": [  {  "backgroundTransparency": 0,  "gridLineType": "inner"  }  ]  }  },  "clusteredBarChart": {  "*": {  "general": [  {  "responsive": true  }  ],  "legend": [  {  "showGradientLegend": true  }  ],  "smallMultiplesLayout": [  {  "backgroundTransparency": 0,  "gridLineType": "inner"  }  ]  }  },  "hundredPercentStackedBarChart": {  "*": {  "general": [  {  "responsive": true  }  ],  "legend": [  {  "showGradientLegend": true  }  ],  "smallMultiplesLayout": [  {  "backgroundTransparency": 0,  "gridLineType": "inner"  }  ]  }  },  "areaChart": {  "*": {  "general": [  {  "responsive": true  }  ],  "smallMultiplesLayout": [  {  "backgroundTransparency": 0,  "gridLineType": "inner"  }  ]  }  },  "stackedAreaChart": {  "*": {  "general": [  {  "responsive": true  }  ],  "smallMultiplesLayout": [  {  "backgroundTransparency": 0,  "gridLineType": "inner"  }  ]  }  },  "lineClusteredColumnComboChart": {  "*": {  "general": [  {  "responsive": true  }  ],  "smallMultiplesLayout": [  {  "backgroundTransparency": 0,  "gridLineType": "inner"  }  ]  }  },  "lineStackedColumnComboChart": {  "*": {  "general": [  {  "responsive": true  }  ],  "smallMultiplesLayout": [  {  "backgroundTransparency": 0,  "gridLineType": "inner"  }  ]  }  },  "ribbonChart": {  "*": {  "general": [  {  "responsive": true  }  ],  "smallMultiplesLayout": [  {  "backgroundTransparency": 0,  "gridLineType": "inner"  }  ],  "valueAxis": [  {  "show": true  }  ]  }  },  "hundredPercentStackedAreaChart": {  "*": {  "general": [  {  "responsive": true  }  ],  "smallMultiplesLayout": [  {  "backgroundTransparency": 0,  "gridLineType": "inner"  }  ]  }  },  "group": {  "*": {  "background": [  {  "show": false  }  ]  }  },  "basicShape": {  "*": {  "background": [  {  "show": false  }  ],  "general": [  {  "keepLayerOrder": true  }  ],  "visualHeader": [  {  "show": false  }  ]  }  },  "shape": {  "*": {  "background": [  {  "show": false  }  ],  "general": [  {  "keepLayerOrder": true  }  ],  "visualHeader": [  {  "show": false  }  ]  }  },  "image": {  "*": {  "background": [  {  "show": false  }  ],  "general": [  {  "keepLayerOrder": true  }  ],  "visualHeader": [  {  "show": false  }  ],  "lockAspect": [  {  "show": true  }  ]  }  },  "actionButton": {  "*": {  "background": [  {  "show": false  }  ],  "visualHeader": [  {  "show": false  }  ]  }  },  "pageNavigator": {  "*": {  "background": [  {  "show": false  }  ],  "visualHeader": [  {  "show": false  }  ]  }  },  "bookmarkNavigator": {  "*": {  "background": [  {  "show": false  }  ],  "visualHeader": [  {  "show": false  }  ]  }  },  "textbox": {  "*": {  "general": [  {  "keepLayerOrder": true  }  ],  "visualHeader": [  {  "show": false  }  ]  }  },  "page": {  "*": {  "outspace": [  {  "color": {  "solid": {  "color": "#FFFFFF"  }  }  }  ],  "background": [  {  "transparency": 100  }  ]  }  }  } }'''
#Will need replacing each republish - also replace the groupcode specified as a every page filter with ~@CLIENTGROUPCODE@~
reportElementName = 'report.json'
reportJson = '''{  "config": "{ "version ": "5.59 ", "themeCollection ":{ "baseTheme ":{ "name ": "CY24SU10 ", "version ": "5.61 ", "type ":2}}, "activeSectionIndex ":0, "defaultDrillFilterOtherVisuals ":true, "settings ":{ "useNewFilterPaneExperience ":true, "allowChangeFilterTypes ":true, "useStylableVisualContainerHeader ":true, "queryLimitOption ":6, "exportDataMode ":1, "useDefaultAggregateDisplayName ":true, "useEnhancedTooltips ":true}, "objects ":{ "section ":[{ "properties ":{ "verticalAlignment ":{ "expr ":{ "Literal ":{ "Value ": "'Top' "}}}}}], "outspacePane ":[{ "properties ":{ "expanded ":{ "expr ":{ "Literal ":{ "Value ": "true "}}}}}]}}",  "filters": "[{ "name ": "2c6ae056070ab2a6c625 ", "expression ":{ "Column ":{ "Expression ":{ "SourceRef ":{ "Entity ": "_Protocol Hierarchy "}}, "Property ": "Client Group Code "}}, "filter ":{ "Version ":2, "From ":[{ "Name ": "_ ", "Entity ": "_Protocol Hierarchy ", "Type ":0}], "Where ":[{ "Condition ":{ "Comparison ":{ "ComparisonKind ":0, "Left ":{ "Column ":{ "Expression ":{ "SourceRef ":{ "Source ": "_ "}}, "Property ": "Client Group Code "}}, "Right ":{ "Literal ":{ "Value ": "200L "}}}}}]}, "type ": "Advanced ", "howCreated ":1}]",  "layoutOptimization": 0,  "resourcePackages": [  {  "resourcePackage": {  "disabled": false,  "items": [  {  "name": "CY24SU10",  "path": "BaseThemes/CY24SU10.json",  "type": 202  }  ],  "name": "SharedResources",  "type": 2  }  }  ],  "sections": [  {  "config": "{}",  "displayName": "Distribution Summary",  "displayOption": 1,  "filters": "[]",  "height": 720.00,  "name": "55ce982c2d156837951c",  "ordinal": 1,  "visualContainers": [  {  "config": "{ "name ": "52adf0c83b93c68292a3 ", "layouts ":[{ "id ":0, "position ":{ "x ":9.888412017167383, "y ":0, "z ":0, "width ":1067.9484978540772, "height ":650.4377682403433, "tabOrder ":0}}], "singleVisual ":{ "visualType ": "lineChart ", "projections ":{ "Category ":[{ "queryRef ": "Operations - Distribution - Orders.Shipped Date.Variation.Date Hierarchy.Month ", "active ":true}], "Y ":[{ "queryRef ": "Sum(Operations - Distribution - Orders.Volume) "}], "Series ":[{ "queryRef ": "Operations - Distribution - Orders.Shipped Date.Variation.Date Hierarchy.Year "}]}, "prototypeQuery ":{ "Version ":2, "From ":[{ "Name ": "o ", "Entity ": "Operations - Distribution - Orders ", "Type ":0}], "Select ":[{ "HierarchyLevel ":{ "Expression ":{ "Hierarchy ":{ "Expression ":{ "PropertyVariationSource ":{ "Expression ":{ "SourceRef ":{ "Source ": "o "}}, "Name ": "Variation ", "Property ": "Shipped Date "}}, "Hierarchy ": "Date Hierarchy "}}, "Level ": "Month "}, "Name ": "Operations - Distribution - Orders.Shipped Date.Variation.Date Hierarchy.Month ", "NativeReferenceName ": "Shipped Date Month "},{ "Aggregation ":{ "Expression ":{ "Column ":{ "Expression ":{ "SourceRef ":{ "Source ": "o "}}, "Property ": "Volume "}}, "Function ":0}, "Name ": "Sum(Operations - Distribution - Orders.Volume) ", "NativeReferenceName ": "Sum of Volume "},{ "HierarchyLevel ":{ "Expression ":{ "Hierarchy ":{ "Expression ":{ "PropertyVariationSource ":{ "Expression ":{ "SourceRef ":{ "Source ": "o "}}, "Name ": "Variation ", "Property ": "Shipped Date "}}, "Hierarchy ": "Date Hierarchy "}}, "Level ": "Year "}, "Name ": "Operations - Distribution - Orders.Shipped Date.Variation.Date Hierarchy.Year ", "NativeReferenceName ": "Shipped Date Year "}]}, "drillFilterOtherVisuals ":true}}",  "filters": "[{ "expression ":{ "HierarchyLevel ":{ "Expression ":{ "Hierarchy ":{ "Expression ":{ "PropertyVariationSource ":{ "Expression ":{ "SourceRef ":{ "Entity ": "Operations - Distribution - Orders "}}, "Name ": "Variation ", "Property ": "Shipped Date "}}, "Hierarchy ": "Date Hierarchy "}}, "Level ": "Year "}}, "filter ":{ "Version ":2, "From ":[{ "Name ": "o ", "Entity ": "Operations - Distribution - Orders ", "Type ":0}], "Where ":[{ "Condition ":{ "Comparison ":{ "ComparisonKind ":2, "Left ":{ "HierarchyLevel ":{ "Expression ":{ "Hierarchy ":{ "Expression ":{ "PropertyVariationSource ":{ "Expression ":{ "SourceRef ":{ "Source ": "o "}}, "Name ": "Variation ", "Property ": "Shipped Date "}}, "Hierarchy ": "Date Hierarchy "}}, "Level ": "Year "}}, "Right ":{ "Literal ":{ "Value ": "2019L "}}}}}]}, "type ": "Advanced ", "howCreated ":0, "isHiddenInViewMode ":false}]",  "height": 650.44,  "width": 1067.95,  "x": 9.89,  "y": 0.00,  "z": 0.00  }  ],  "width": 1280.00  },  {  "config": "{}",  "displayName": "Org Structure",  "displayOption": 1,  "filters": "[]",  "height": 720.00,  "name": "ddf2c4cfa574fb65c4be",  "visualContainers": [  {  "config": "{ "name ": "5b4719a273a3cef6ed7b ", "layouts ":[{ "id ":0, "position ":{ "x ":12.085836909871245, "y ":35.1587982832618, "z ":0, "width ":581.2188841201717, "height ":672.4120171673819, "tabOrder ":0}}], "singleVisual ":{ "visualType ": "tableEx ", "projections ":{ "Values ":[{ "queryRef ": "_Protocol Hierarchy.Client "},{ "queryRef ": "_Protocol Hierarchy.Client Category "},{ "queryRef ": "_Protocol Hierarchy.Subsidiary "}]}, "prototypeQuery ":{ "Version ":2, "From ":[{ "Name ": "_ ", "Entity ": "_Protocol Hierarchy ", "Type ":0}], "Select ":[{ "Column ":{ "Expression ":{ "SourceRef ":{ "Source ": "_ "}}, "Property ": "Client "}, "Name ": "_Protocol Hierarchy.Client ", "NativeReferenceName ": "Client "},{ "Column ":{ "Expression ":{ "SourceRef ":{ "Source ": "_ "}}, "Property ": "Client Category "}, "Name ": "_Protocol Hierarchy.Client Category ", "NativeReferenceName ": "Client Category "},{ "Column ":{ "Expression ":{ "SourceRef ":{ "Source ": "_ "}}, "Property ": "Subsidiary "}, "Name ": "_Protocol Hierarchy.Subsidiary ", "NativeReferenceName ": "Subsidiary "}]}, "drillFilterOtherVisuals ":true}}",  "filters": "[]",  "height": 672.41,  "width": 581.22,  "x": 12.09,  "y": 35.16,  "z": 0.00  }  ],  "width": 1280.00  }  ] }'''
#Should not need to change platform block
platformElementName = '.platform'

#authenticate
platformJson = '''{  "$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/json-schemas/fabric/gitIntegration/platformProperties/2.0.0/schema.j...",  "metadata": {  "type": "Report",  "displayName": "az"  },  "config": {  "version": "2.0",  "logicalId": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"  } }'''
token_string = mssparkutils.credentials.getToken("https://api.fabric.microsoft.com/")
header = {'Content-Type':'application/json','Authorization': f'Bearer {token_string}'}
#Build body
addbody = {
  "displayName": reportName,
  "description": reportDescription,
  "definition": {
    "parts": [
      {
        "path": definitionElementName,
        "payload": base64.b64encode(definitionJson.encode('utf-8')),
        "payloadType": "InlineBase64"
      },
      {
        "path": themeElementName,
        "payload": base64.b64encode(themeJson.encode('utf-8')),
        "payloadType": "InlineBase64"
      },
      {
        "path": reportElementName,
        "payload": base64.b64encode(reportJson.encode('utf-8')),
        "payloadType": "InlineBase64"
      },
      {
        "path": platformElementName,
        "payload": base64.b64encode(platformJson.encode('utf-8')),
        "payloadType": "InlineBase64"
      }
    ]
  }
}

addURL = 'https://api.fabric.microsoft.com/v1/workspaces/' + workspaceID + '/reports'
add_Response = requests.post(addURL, headers=header, json=addbody)
print(add_Response)
if add_Response.status_code == 202 :
    print("waiting")
    finished = False
    checkBody ={}
    while not finished:
     check_Response = requests.get(add_Response.headers['Location'],headers=header, data=json.dumps(checkBody))
     checkData =check_Response.json()
     if checkData['status'] == "Succeeded":
        print("done")
        finished = True
        break
     elif  checkData['status'] == "Failed":  
        print("failed")
        print(checkData)
        finished = True
        break
     else :
        print(checkData['status'])

[v-sgandrathi]

Hi @BryanCarmichael,

Happy to see you here in the Microsoft Fabric Community!

Based on my knowledge, here are the troubleshooting steps that may resolve your issue:
Ensure your JSON keys are free of trailing or leading spaces (e.g., "version " should be "version"). Use a method to trim spaces from the keys before parsing the JSON.

Maintain consistent base64 encoding/decoding across systems to prevent data corruption. Any discrepancies in encoding can cause parsing issues when transferring report data.

Verify that all sections of the report (e.g., config, filters) are well-formed and contain valid data.

The problem could also be related to specific workspace or configuration settings that differ between environments. Ensure the workspace in which you're deploying the report has the same configurations and settings as the original workspace.

Simplify the reportJson to its minimum and attempt to generate the report again. This will help identify if specific sections are causing the parsing issue.

I hope my suggestions provided valuable insights. If you have any further questions, feel free to reach out to us.

If this post helped, please mark it as "Accept as Solution" so others can benefit as well.

Best regards,
Sahasra.

[BryanCarmichael · Accepted solution]

Hi - thanks for the response.

I did not manage to resolve this using the legacy pbip approach with just one report.json - consistently got the failure encoded or not despite checking the json was valid and sending it preencoded or not - I think there is some hidden nuance or possibly a defect in the API.

However on moving to using the new PBIP format it worked first time and worked consistently so my issue is now resolved.

[v-sgandrathi]

Hi @BryanCarmichael,

I'm glad you found a solution and resloved  the query. Thank you very much for sharing here.

Kindly mark your reply as the accepted solution so that others in the community can find it quickly.

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