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Sarien
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New Live Edit semantic models in Direct Lake mode preview feature not working

Hello,

 

I have a model in Direct Lake mode and I want to edit it in Power BI Desktop with the new preview capability but I get the following error:

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Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

 

Any ideas what to do?

Thank you!




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v-denglli-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Sarien ,

Could you tell me where the /Live Edit semantic models in Direct Lake mode preview feature/ is enabled as you mentioned?

I created a Direct Lake semantic model in Lake House and then connected to that semantic model via the Power BI semantic model connector in Desktop.

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Then I can make edits to the table, such as adding measures.

vdengllimsft_1-1727167382106.png

 

Best Regards,
Dengliang Li

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amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@Sarien , After enabling that feature, I have opened a new power bi file and connected to a direct lake model and able to add a measure

 

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Please click on Copy error to clipboard and share. Make sure you have build permission on Semantic model

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