Hello,
I cannot save any files containing a model to my machine (which definitely has not run out of space). The error message below comes from a pbix file about 500MB big, so not enormous. The other day a colleague of mine was able to fix this problem by going into C:\Users\Michelle\AppData\Local\Power BI Desktop\User Data\ and clearing out some temp files there. I could then save pbix files containing a model once again. Now the problem has returned and the same attempt of a fix is not working for me.
Has anyone else had the same error and how did you get around it?
Best wishes,
Michelle Pace
Hi @michellepace ,
Try to clear the cache.
Best regards,
Lionel Chen
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@michellepace weird, can you try to save it to a different location to just double-check.
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