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Hi,
Every time i open Power BI even without opening any pbix file i get the error An error occurred while rendering the report.
This message start appearing with February 2017 update.
Any idea?
Thanks,
Rui Reis
Solved! Go to Solution.
Hi,
I solved my problem with this solution:
Regards,
I can't reproduce your issue. What's your data source? What visuals are included in your report?
Regards,
Hi,
I solved my problem with this solution:
Regards,
Also seeing this issue. After clicking through the message things appear to work correctly.
Here's the error information I'm getting:
JS Error Message:
Cannot read property 'iconBase64' of undefined
Error Message:
An error occurred while rendering the report.
Stack Trace:
Microsoft.Mashup.Host.Document.JavaScriptException: An error occurred while rendering the report.
TypeError: Cannot read property 'iconBase64' of undefined
at Object.createVisualPlugin (ms-pbi://pbi.microsoft.com/minerva/scripts/VisualHostCore.js:1425:58)
at Object.<anonymous> (ms-pbi://pbi.microsoft.com/minerva/scripts/VisualHostCore.js:332:65)
at j (ms-pbi://pbi.microsoft.com/opensource/jquery/jquery-2.1.1.js:2:26860)
at Object.k.fireWith [as resolveWith] (ms-pbi://pbi.microsoft.com/opensource/jquery/jquery-2.1.1.js:2:27673)
at x (ms-pbi://pbi.microsoft.com/opensource/jquery/jquery-2.1.1.js:4:11120)
at XMLHttpRequest.<anonymous> (ms-pbi://pbi.microsoft.com/opensource/jquery/jquery-2.1.1.js:4:14767)
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