Field Descriptions Disappearing (Power BI Desktop)

[slm_chance]

I've noticed that when I refresh my dataset, it clears out any descriptions that I have setup for my standard fields (non-measures). Can somebody help me figure out a way to retain those values regardless of the dataset being refreshed or not? I'm currently on this version of Power BI Desktop.

[rosinwonderland]

This has happened for me again recently.

The descriptions for the tables that I had added would be working ok in the orginal *.pbip and *.pbix file however when exporting the file to a power BI template (*.pbit) and then loading the template with data, the descriptions suddenyl disappeared... 

Just in case it helps others: it seems that this was somehow linked to the version the descriptions were added with.

After revisiting all the descriptions (e.g. by adding a space or a dot at the end) and saving the report in Power BI Version 2.140.1078.0 64-bit (February 2025), the issue resolved.

[SamB7]

Hello @slm_chance,

Did you find a solution for the above issue? We are facing the same problem...

did you open a seperate issue to report this? If so could you please share the link so I can track it there?

Thank you!

[wjkolesar]

Hi @SamB7 - issue is linked below.  I had the same issue, but I have not tried the March 2022 release yet to see if the issue still exists in that version.

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Issues/Field-Descriptions-Disappearing-Power-BI-Desktop/idi-p/23594...

[Anonymous]

It is still in the March release but I saw on the issues forum board that a fix should be out in the April update , so we have our finger's crossed for that one to resolve the issue

[SamB7]

Just tested it in the latest version, seems to be working fine.

[amitchandak · Accepted solution]

@slm_chance , Field descriptions in Property pane (model view). That should not go away- Check and log an issue if needed https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Issues/idb-p/Issues

[slm_chance]

Sounds good, I'll report the issue through there. Thanks!

[Anonymous]

We're seeing the same issue.  Strangely only happening on some of our data models and not on others ?!