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GowriSankar
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7 years ago

Power BI Desktop November 2018 version - Backward compatibility

PBIX saved in November 2018 is unable to open in earlier version October 2018. Throwing incompatible error and forcing to update. Is there any solution ?
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jguerrero
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7 years ago

We modified a lot of PBIXs to add a small change and saved them with PBI Desktop Nov 2018.

When we tried to re-publish them with PBI Desktop for Report server (August 2018), versions ARE NOT COMPATIBLE AT ALL!!!!

Why to release a software :

- With NO BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY AT ALL

- Did not SEND A WARNING to all of us about it!!!

We have now weeks of re-work since after downgrade to PBI Desktop Oct 2018, PBIXs are still not compatible!!!

We have to RE-CREATE all of the models again FROM SCRATCH!!!!

(The elegant solution of waiting for January's update is not appealing to management)

 

Does anybody found a workaround?

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    stretcharm
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    7 years ago

    If you've already got a model in powerbi report server then you can download it from the server and change as it will still be in the old format.

     

    Top tip source control is your friend.