Error saving pbip project to Google Drive share: couldn't open the file ...shortcut-targets-by-id...

[sc20d2]

In Power BI Desktop, I used to be able to save a pbip project to a Google Drive respository that was mapped as a local drive. Just in the past few days, I can open it, but it fails when I try to save it with:

No other files in this location fail in the same manner, and I can successfully save this as a pbix file in this same location. Just trying to see if this is something that was just introduced in the latest version and/or if there's a workaround that I can use here other than saving as the older pbix file format?

[v-jiewu-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @sc20d2 ,

If I understand correctly, the issue is that you couldn’t save the document. Please try the following methods and check if they can solve your problem:

1.Ensure that both Power BI Desktop and the Google Drive application are up to date.

2.Check that you have the necessary permissions to write to the Google Drive folder.

3.Ensure that the pbip file is not open or locked by other application.

Anyway, you can use the following method as workarounds:

1.You can try to shorten the file path by moving the file to a folder with a shorter path name.

2.Saving the pbip file locally on the machine first and then manually move it to the Google Drive folder to see if that works.

Looking forward to your reply.

Best Regards,

Wisdom Wu

[Syndicate_Admin]

I'm experiencing the same problem. However, in my case, I'm not working with synced folders from OneDrive. I saved the file to a different path and it allowed me to do so seamlessly, although this shouldn't be the expected behavior. Could it be due to the nature of the .pbip project format?

Also, on other occasions, I have noticed that, when publishing the reports, the saved bookmarks disappear. When you open the project in Power BI Desktop, it appears as corrupted and it is impossible to recover it. If it weren't for the fact that I'm tracking changes in Git, I probably would have lost the report entirely.

Has anyone else experienced something similar or knows of a possible solution?

[sc20d2]

Hi @v-jiewu-msft ,

Thanks for the notes. Your last hint did help in that I saved the pbip locally and moved it over to Googe Drive. I'm now able to open up the pbip from the Google Drive and save it again. I'm not sure what caused the problem to start happening, however. Perhaps one of the files in the project got locked, and the error messages from Power BI were just not very helpful?

At any rate, thanks again for the help!