File corrupted or not valid

[Anonymous]

Hi, i was working on a power bi file, saved it, closed it and when i tried to open it again it didnt let me do it because it said that the file was corrupted or was an invalid type o file.

I have been searching for a solution and even found some post here about it but most of them said it was a bug (the post were from 2016-2017) so i was wondering if there is a solution for that or do i have to rebuild my file?

Thanks.

[edhans · Accepted solution]

I believe you will have to rebuild. If you have a Pro license you can open a support ticket at the bottom of this page but it won't be fast (usually takes a few days to resolve) and if it was a true corruption caused by your HD, network drive, SharePoint site, etc. they may not be able to recover. 

Hopefully you have a backup not too old. I keep PBIX files on SharePoint so they are constantly versioned.

[Syndicate_Admin]

The same thing happened to me. What I did was, as I had the file published in a workspace, I opened it there, in the upper left corner I gave it "downloading this file", first option and it downloaded a file that fortunately I managed to open without inconvenience. Then save 3 backups just in case and that's it.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

@Anonymous 

There is a auto recovery feature in Options, and please update the power bi desktop to the newest version, and rebuild the model see you the issue still occurs.

Paul Zheng _ Community Support Team
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
 

[Anonymous]

Awesome, thank you. I'll try that.

[Anonymous]

Hi @Anonymous 

Have you figured it out, if so please mark the replies as solutions. Or any updates we can help?

Regards
Paul

[Anonymous]

Hi, I had to rebuild the file based on a previous base I found. 

[edhans · Accepted solution]

I believe you will have to rebuild. If you have a Pro license you can open a support ticket at the bottom of this page but it won't be fast (usually takes a few days to resolve) and if it was a true corruption caused by your HD, network drive, SharePoint site, etc. they may not be able to recover. 

Hopefully you have a backup not too old. I keep PBIX files on SharePoint so they are constantly versioned.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the tip, I'll have to rebuild it based on a previous copy I found.