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4 years ago

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Error 'object reference not set to an instance of an object' when refreshing data in powerBI desktop

I am getting the below errors when I click "refresh" on my power BI desktop dashboard. The data is linked to one excel file. I updated the data in the excel file the same way I do every week and did ...

v-luwang-msft
4 years ago

Hi abrouwer ，

Some user feedback.If you use this setting it goes through the error:

And you could try to use previous monthly version to have a test.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/fundamentals/desktop-latest-update-archive

simiar question refer:

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Issues/Task-s-exception-error-thrown-when-setting-up-incremental/idi-p/1617866

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Object-reference-not-set-to-an-instance-of-an-object/td-p/21455/page/3

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Lucien

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Super User

4 years ago

You can raise an issue at https://issues.powerbi.com . If you have a Pro license you can consider raising a Pro ticket at https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/support/pro/