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CORRUPT PBIX FILE
Hi, I just saved 2 PBIX files, my PC restarts and now i can't open any of these files. When i try to open it a message is displayed saying that the file is corrupted.
I tried to restore previous versions and reparing with 7-zip with not success. I can open others pbix files and i'm using 2.44.4675.521 64-bit (March, 2017)
I will spend 3 days rebuilding the models.
Please help me
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There might be a way to do this, depending on where the corruption is.
If it is in the Data Model you might be able to get all the Query Editor steps, and then have to rebuild the data model. That you can do by renaming it as a ZIP file and then copying the DataMashup out into a folder.
Then create a new Power BI Desktop File and save it, and close it down.
Rename this file to a ZIP and copy the DataMashup from above into this ZIP file.
Once that is done rename it back to PBIX and see if you can now view all the information in your Query Editor.
If you want to do this for all your measures you can do it but this time you must do the same steps but do it for the DataModel & Metadata files.
Hi mwadhwani
You might have to re-create the measures if you cannot get the data from the DataModel file.
Or you could try using the Power BI-Helper from Reza Rad http://radacad.com/power-bi-helper
Please try to install the latest version 2.47.4766.801 (June 2017) to see if it helps.
If not, have you publish the report to Power BI Service? If yes, please try to download the PBIX file from PBI Service.
If you did not publish it to Service, please go to the auto recovery folder to see if there is any recovery file there.
Best Regards,
Herbert
