Cant Download PBIX to Power BI Desktop

[mstaples]

Trying to download  the APCO Revenue Analytics PBIX but getting an error message that it cant be downloaded. I've done this on many occasions, so not sure what is different. The model is not that large so I've never enabled large dataset storage format, which can prevent the PBIX download. Also, do not use incremental refresh, which can also prevent download.  Any ideas or suggestion here?   

[lbendlin · Accepted solution]

Oh, it's a long, long list. Download a report from the Power BI service to Power BI Desktop - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

Limitations when downloading a report .pbix file

• You can download a file while in either Reading view or Editing view. You must be at least a Contributor to the workspace that the report is in. If the repo...
• If you create a report by using the Create button in the Power BI service, and it's based on a semantic model in ano...
• Reports created in Power BI Desktop must be published or uploaded to the Power BI service before you can download them.
• If you create a report in the Power BI service, you have to save it before you can download it.
• You can't download reports based on Direct Lake semantic models.
• You can't download reports based on semantic models that are imported from OneDrive for work or school.
• You can't download reports based on local Excel or CSV files that were uploaded to Power BI.
• The report you're downloading must be published or updated after November 23, 2016. Reports published earlier aren't downloadable.
• You can't download the eight original built-in sample .pbix files from the Power BI service. However, you can download those same .pbix files from the Power BI samples article.
• You can only download usage metric reports in live connected report mode.
• You can't download a copy of a report if the copy is saved in a workspace other than where the original report is saved.
• If you download a live connection report (connected to SSAS or AAS) after you change its data source by using REST APIs Update Datasources or Update Datasources In Group, the downloaded .pbix will still contain the old data source.
• Reports created in the Power BI service that are based on a single semantic model that's configured for incremental refresh, or that has been modified by using the XMLA endpoint can only be downloaded in live connected report mode.
• If you create a Power BI report based on a semantic model in one workspace and publish the report to a different workspace, you can download the report in live connected report mode only, if the semantic model is configured for incremental refresh, or it has been modified by using the XMLA endpoint.
• Downloading a .pbix file after deployment isn't supported as part of the deployment pipeline (ALM).
• Downloading a .pbix is subject to size limitations. The maximum sized allowed depends on the minimum of two factors: maximum offline semantic model size for the capacity SKU and the customizable max offline dataset si...live connected report mode.
• You can't download reports that are created in the Power BI service or Power BI Desktop and based on a semantic model in My Workspace in live connected report mode.
• If you disable the switch in the tenant settings described in Control the use of semantic models across workspaces, your users can't download a .pbix file from co...
• Attempting to concurrently download a report based on a semantic model enabled for large semantic model storage format may result in errors.
• Reports that are based on a semantic model enabled for large semantic model storage format cannot be downloaded using REST APIs. Use the Power BI Service to download these reports.

  Limitations when downloading a semantic model .pbix file

  • To download the .pbix file, you must be at least a Contributor to the workspace.
  • Semantic models with incremental refresh can't be downloaded to a .pbix file.
  • Semantic models migrated from Azure Analysis Services by using the Azure Analysis Services to Power BI Premium migration feature can't be downloaded to a .pbix file.
  • Downloading a .pbix file after deployment isn't supported as part of the deployment pipeline (ALM).
  • Semantic models modified by using the XMLA endpoint can't be downloaded to a .pbix file.
  • You can't download semantic models based on data imported from OneDrive for work or school.
  • You can't download Direct Lake semantic models.
  • Downloading a .pbix is subject to size limitations. The maximum size allowed is the smaller of the following: maximum offline semantic model size for the capacity SKU, or 10GB.
  • Downloading a .pbix and its data with a data model size larger than 10GB isn't supported. Alternatively, you can download the .pbix attached to such large data models in live connected report mode.
  • Semantic models with automatic aggregations enabled can't be downloaded to a .pbix file. You must disable automatic aggre...
  • Attempting to concurrently download a semantic model enabled for large semantic model storage format may result in errors.
  • Semantic models enabled for large semantic model storage format can't be downloaded using REST APIs. Use the Power BI Service to download these semantic models.