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Anonymous
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Cannot open a specific Pbix file : Unexpected Error failed to load the report

Hello evryone,

 

I have an issue on opening one .pbix file I get this error : 

 

Stack Trace:
TypeError: Cannot read property 'length' of undefined
at ExplorationSerializer.ensureVisualContainerGrouping (ms-pbi://pbi.microsoft.com/minerva/scripts/explore.js:12012:116)
at ExplorationSerializer.ensureVisualContainerGrouping (ms-pbi://pbi.microsoft.com/minerva/scripts/explore.js:12019:30)
at ExplorationSerializer.deserializeCanvasItems (ms-pbi://pbi.microsoft.com/minerva/scripts/explore.js:11874:37)
at ExplorationSerializer.deserializePage (ms-pbi://pbi.microsoft.com/minerva/scripts/explore.js:11714:58)
at ms-pbi://pbi.microsoft.com/minerva/scripts/explore.js:11624:46
at arrayMap (ms-pbi://pbi.microsoft.com/minerva/scripts/powerbi.common.externals.js:21406:23)
at Function.map (ms-pbi://pbi.microsoft.com/minerva/scripts/powerbi.common.externals.js:30321:14)
at ExplorationSerializer.deserializeExploration (ms-pbi://pbi.microsoft.com/minerva/scripts/explore.js:11623:55)
at ExplorationSerializer.deserializeExploration (ms-pbi://pbi.microsoft.com/minerva/scripts/desktop.js:40781:33)
at ExplorationProxy.get (ms-pbi://pbi.microsoft.com/minerva/scripts/powerbiDesktop.js:202:59)

 

Thank you for your help

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JarroVGIT
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Hi @Anonymous ,

Is it possible you are running on a old version of Power BI Desktop and that the PBIX is created on a newer version? That might cause these errors. In that case, try updating to the latest version of Power BI Desktop.

 

Kind regards

Djerro123

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JarroVGIT
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Hi @Anonymous ,

Is it possible you are running on a old version of Power BI Desktop and that the PBIX is created on a newer version? That might cause these errors. In that case, try updating to the latest version of Power BI Desktop.

 

Kind regards

Djerro123

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Keep those thumbs up coming! 🙂





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