Multiple SaveChanges without transaction

[dickel123]

Hi,

after updating the Power BI Desktop version 2.140.1078.0 64-bit (Februar 2025) (which was said to be very buggy) to the newest version 2.140.1205.0 I am get a new error message "Multiple SaveChanges without transaction" and the PBIP file cannot be opened.

The detailed error message:

Hi,

after updating the Power BI Desktop version 2.140.1078.0 64-bit (Februar 2025) (which was said to be very buggy) to the newest version 2.140.1205.0 I am get a new error message "Multiple SaveChanges without transaction" and the PBIP file cannot be opened.

How can I solve this problem?

The detailed error message:

Feedback Type:

Frown (Error)

Timestamp:

2025-03-05T14:47:32.5125050Z

Local Time:

2025-03-05T15:47:32.5125050+01:00

Session ID:

601e6fbf-8ab4-423b-b55c-26a7188d87ac

Release:

February 2025

Product Version:

2.140.1205.0 (25.02)+2ab3defe107764e1cf486b42122d9362df7f34ea (x64)

Error Message:

There's a problem with the definition content in your Power BI Project.

Multiple SaveChanges without transaction
Stack Trace:
   at Microsoft.PowerBI.Client.Windows.Services.BiProjectOperationHandler.<LoadFromProject>d__35.MoveNext()
-
...

[jaryszek]

What is the root cause of this cache.abf? It will be regenerated once again in the future? 

[NicolasB]

Yes it works for me as well. However I have identified the root cause: one of my table is incrementaly refreshed. The incrementalPeriods (refreshPolicy) attribute was updated leading to this issue.

[NicolasB]

Hi Dickel123,

You might want to look at this topic

https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Desktop/model-bim-file-issues-Multiple-SaveChanges-without...

Sugesstion is the following

1. Open the pbi folder in the *.SemanticModel folder.
2. Delete all files in that folder (editorSettings.json, cache.adf, and localSettings.json ). Not sure if I needed to delete all of them. 
3. Load the Power BI project in Power BI desktop and it should load. The data will need to be rehydrated since the cache file was removed.
   
   A user said only removing the cahe file is enough to fix the issue.

[dickel123 · Accepted solution]

In my PBIP project I solved it myself by trying first to delete "cache.abf".

Then Power BI did open normally and loaded the project withot any issues.

[KilianG]

Deleting the file(s) didn't work for me - now i got another error:

Failed to decrypt credentials
The credentials for the data source could not be decrypted. Start the
Program new. If you still see this message, you can change your credentials
by clicking on the "Delete permissions" button.

...so far, so bad - BUT:
clicking on the "Delete permissions" button and restarting the program doesn't change anything - as deleting all files in the .pbi folder: the error still occurs.

Does anyone have a clue?
I urgently need to work with the file!

[ImTrainChooChoo]

Yes, deleting cache.abf was enough in my case.
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Solved: Cannot open PBIP in latest release Feb 2025 - Microsoft Fabric Community