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mattia92
Regular Visitor
9 years ago

CORRUPT PBIX FILE

When i open my pbix file, power bi return to me an error:   FILE DAMAGED OR NOT VALID REPORT FILE How can i fix that?? Thanks  
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sebbyp
Helper III
8 years ago

i have this issue now!  

 

How did you resolve the issue?

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ScORE
Helper I
8 years ago

I was having the same issue.  My IT Dept. couldn't restore it and i hadn't heard back from Microsoft Support.  I dug around and was able to find a non corrupt version of my file.  It was located here:

 

C:\Users\****\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Power BI Desktop\TempSaves

 

The **** is my user name on the drive. 

 

Hope this helps!

SC

  • sebbyp's avatar
    sebbyp
    Helper III
    8 years ago

    ScOREthanks for your help.  

     

    I managed to find a previous version but now there is a problem when i publish to power bi service.  When i do this it says it was published successfully but i need to do a manual refresh online.  WEIRD!

     

    Can you guess what happens next?  I go online and refresh does not work.  Now all the dashboards which have charts from this report which in my case problem close to 100 are all showing blank!

     

    I am so frustrated by this

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    yoav_lubo
    Advocate I
    8 years ago

    You saved me - thank you so much!

  • SueGarmroudi's avatar
    SueGarmroudi
    Regular Visitor
    7 years ago

    Thanks, Your solution saved me :)