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Downloading PBIX from Service breaks dataset
After speaking with Microsoft support they were just as confounded as I was originally. However, after some research they did discover an interesting limitation outlined in the documentation.
After deployment, downloading a dataset (from the stage it's been deployed to) is not supported.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/create-reports/deployment-pipelines-process#limitations-1
So basically, at least as it stands now, it appears you cannot download a dataset from a location in the pipeline other than it's original uploaded workspace. Hopefully this will help others if they encounter the same issue.
Hi YB,
So you mean this issue appears on pbix file that deploys to pipeline workspaces? If that is the case, any difference between these different stages?
AFAIK, the pipeline includes multiple workspaces to mapping with different steps, their content can be replaced/merge with existing contents. I think These uncommit changes may relate to these merge/replace operations.
Regards,
Xiaoxin Sheng
Hi Anonymous ,
I did suspect that might be an issue as well but that is why I verified that no deployment rules have been applied to said pipelines. I'm sorry if that wasn't clear but I have mentioned this in both of my previous posts. It is a very strange issue indeed. The dataset would appear to download intact because canceling the "detected" changes preserves the original dataset. Also, it doesn't explain why the report/app works just fine in the production workspace. This is why I'm thinking it could be a bug with either the service or the latest client.
Hi YB,
For this scenario, I think you can open a ticket with your pbix to ask the power bi support team to trace the backend reasons and the difference between the cloud version and download file which pipeline deployed.
submit a support ticket
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Regards,Xiaoxin Sheng