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CatPhish
Advocate I
7 years ago
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Cyclic Reference Error on Initial Refresh

I am getting the dreaded "A Cyclic reference was encountered during evaluation" when I refresh my Power BI desktop report file. However, I only get the error when I kick off the initial refresh after...
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  • CatPhish's avatar
    CatPhish
    7 years ago

    I solved  the problem  by uninstalling the Microsoft Store version, and using the regular download.  No problems since then.

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CatPhish
Advocate I
7 years ago
Cherie, thanks for getting back to me. I've tried clearing the cache a number of time, and it did not fix the error. I'm on the Windows Store version of the desktop so I always have the latest version (currently Version: 2.65.5313.621 64-bit (December, 2018). I'll open a support ticket.
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v-cherch-msft
Microsoft Employee
7 years ago

Hi CatPhish

 

Could you tell me if your problem has been solved? If it is, welcome to share the solution and mark it as solution. More people will benefit from here. 

 

Regards,

Cherie

  • CatPhish's avatar
    CatPhish
    Advocate I
    7 years ago

    I solved  the problem  by uninstalling the Microsoft Store version, and using the regular download.  No problems since then.

    • spencerb's avatar
      spencerb
      Regular Visitor
      1 year ago

      Interesting.

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    CatPhish
    Advocate I
    7 years ago

    Sherie, I just advised Ehren, the tech on my original ticket, that this problem has started occuring again, but only on the PC that is running the February 2019 Update.  The same file, when run on a laptop that is still running the December 2018 file is having no problem.

     

    I've already tried clearing the data cache, but it did not correct the issues.