Artifact error while moving report to Prod

[Anonymous]

Hi, 

I have tried to move my report to Prod Workspace from Test through deployment pipeline 

I already have same report in prod before but made some changes then again published to test and tried to replace existing prod one with current from test while moving to prod, but got below error 

The artifact couldn't deploy to target workspace, try to deploy contents again.

Why the error occurred, i had to delete before prod report then it deployed to prod successfully 

I am looking for root cause to avoid this in future  why because the old linke which we shared to users is not working, we cannot change link everytime 

I posted question already but didn't get the answer I'm looking for

Please help if someone knows the answer and root cause for the issue 

Thanks in advance!!

[rajendraongole1 · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous -Yes, the issue is likely related to changes made in the report during the deployment process, which could have caused a conflict with the existing report in your Prod workspace. If there are structural or metadata differences between the Test and Prod reports, it can result in deployment errors, as Power BI treats them as different artifacts despite their similar names or datasets.

If your Prod workspace has versioning enabled, check if there is an older version of the report that you can restore. This will bring back the previous state and allow the old link to work.

Re-Publish the Old Report: If you have a backup of the old report, you can re-publish it to the Prod workspace with the same report name to restore the original functionality.

If the report was deleted and the link is broken, re-upload the report to the Prod workspace with the exact same name and dataset. This might restore the old link if the report identifier hasn't changed significantly.

If you delete and re-publish a report under a new name, Power BI will assign a new URL, breaking the original shared link. To avoid this, always use the Replace functionality in the Deployment Pipeline instead of deleting and re-uploading the report.

Before deploying to Prod, thoroughly test your changes in the Test environment to ensure compatibility with the Prod workspace.

Utilize the Update Feature: Always use the "update" option in Deployment Pipelines rather than manually deleting the Prod version to prevent the loss of links or report data.

Maintain Backups: Keep backups of reports and datasets so you can revert back if something goes wrong during deployment.

This information helps in process flow.

[lbendlin · Accepted solution]

No, your old URL is gone forever.  You need to employ your MoC procedures.

[rajendraongole1]

Hi @Anonymous -The issue you're facing when deploying reports from a test workspace to production via the deployment pipeline, where the deployment fails until the existing report in production is deleted, likely stems from several causes related to workspace settings, report overwriting, or metadata conflicts.

The report in the test workspace exactly matches the report in production in terms of internal metadata, including dataset IDs. Alternatively, remove any conflicts manually or automate a process to synchronize the metadata before attempting deployment.

Check if the report or dataset in production is being actively referenced in any other dependent reports, dashboards, or workspaces. If so, either remove these references temporarily during deployment or make sure all dependencies are updated with the new version.Review and adjust security settings to ensure the user or service performing the deployment has full permission to overwrite reports in the production workspace. Also, ensure the deployment pipeline settings allow for artifact overwriting.

ref links:

Solved: Deployment Pipelines - The artifact couldn't be de... - Microsoft Fabric Community

Hope this information helps.

[Anonymous]

Thank You so much for replying, Is this issue related to changes made in report?
Is there any way that my old Prod link works again?

Please reply back,
Thanks!!

[rajendraongole1 · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous -Yes, the issue is likely related to changes made in the report during the deployment process, which could have caused a conflict with the existing report in your Prod workspace. If there are structural or metadata differences between the Test and Prod reports, it can result in deployment errors, as Power BI treats them as different artifacts despite their similar names or datasets.

If your Prod workspace has versioning enabled, check if there is an older version of the report that you can restore. This will bring back the previous state and allow the old link to work.

Re-Publish the Old Report: If you have a backup of the old report, you can re-publish it to the Prod workspace with the same report name to restore the original functionality.

If the report was deleted and the link is broken, re-upload the report to the Prod workspace with the exact same name and dataset. This might restore the old link if the report identifier hasn't changed significantly.

If you delete and re-publish a report under a new name, Power BI will assign a new URL, breaking the original shared link. To avoid this, always use the Replace functionality in the Deployment Pipeline instead of deleting and re-uploading the report.

Before deploying to Prod, thoroughly test your changes in the Test environment to ensure compatibility with the Prod workspace.

Utilize the Update Feature: Always use the "update" option in Deployment Pipelines rather than manually deleting the Prod version to prevent the loss of links or report data.

Maintain Backups: Keep backups of reports and datasets so you can revert back if something goes wrong during deployment.

This information helps in process flow.

[Anonymous]

Thanks @rajendraongole1 for reply

I have deleted my old one one in PROD, when shown artifacts error and then deployed from test to Prod then my url of prod report got changed which is not same as old one, but I have the backup of old report in my local computer but not in prod workspace, so if I republish the backup from local to prod workspace, will there be chance of getting old URL again?

Thanks again and please reply back

[lbendlin · Accepted solution]

No, your old URL is gone forever.  You need to employ your MoC procedures.

[Anonymous]

Oh okay, in future what steps I can take to prevent these kind of issues 

[lbendlin · Accepted solution]

- Only communicate App URLs to your users, never report URLs.

- Don't use deployment pipelines

- Don't delete semantic models, ever.