External Tool Measure Killer not finding file

[cottrera]

Hi I never experienced this problem until today.  I opened up Measure Killer from here in my desktop model

It recognised my report name here

But when I use the drop down here . My report does not appear in the listb of reports displayed

Any ideas what the problem is?
Richard

[cottrera]

Hi your suggestion of saving the file locally seemed to work thank you

[cottrera]

Hi apart from the 'Open in Admin' suggestion I had already tried the other suggestions. My company IT department are the only ones with Adamin rights

[burakkaragoz · Accepted solution]

Ah, gotcha — if you don’t have Admin rights and can’t run Measure Killer as admin, that definitely limits a few options.

Here’s a workaround you can try:

• Instead of launching Measure Killer directly, try opening it from within Power BI Desktop using the External Tools ribbon. That way, it inherits the same context/session as your open PBIX file.
• Also, make sure the PBIX file is saved locally (not on a network drive or synced folder like OneDrive), as some tools have trouble resolving paths in those cases.
• If your model is large or has complex relationships, it might take a few seconds for Measure Killer to detect it — give it a bit of time after launching.

If none of that works, you might need to ask IT to run it once as admin just to verify if that’s the blocker.

Let me know how it goes!

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[burakkaragoz]

Hi @cottrera ,

Yeah, that can happen sometimes — Measure Killer relies on the local model being properly loaded and recognized. A couple things to check:

• Make sure your PBIX file is already open in Power BI Desktop before launching Measure Killer.
• Try running Measure Killer as Administrator, sometimes it needs elevated permissions to access the model.
• If you're using multiple instances of Power BI Desktop, it might get confused — close all, open just the one you need, then launch the tool.
• Also, double-check that your model is not connected via DirectQuery to a remote source — Measure Killer works best with imported models.

If my response resolved your query, kindly mark it as the Accepted Solution to assist others. Additionally, I would be grateful for a 'Kudos' if you found my response helpful.