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epelton
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1 year ago
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Power BI Files Won't Open After February Update

I have several PBI files that have been in production for years. This morning, the files will not open, stating that the table name " Measures" is unsupported... These files use the conv...
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  • MAVIK's avatar
    MAVIK
    1 year ago

    Download an older version of Power bi from https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/fundamentals/desktop-latest-update-archive?tabs=powerbi-desktop I downloaded November 2024 Update (link in the botom just before the previous month's header), I had some alert notifications, but file opend, rename the table in it, save the file and go back to the new version.
    I had the same problem. My table was named [ Measures ] = BLANK(), but in the January update it doesn't support [ ] table naming, even if I try to name the table that way in the new version, I just can't

  • CathyPalmer70's avatar
    CathyPalmer70
    1 year ago

    Exact same problem today and took me a while to find an older version of Power BI Desktop to download (odd considering Microsofts recommendations are often to rever back to older versions in the event of a bug). Thanks to the links above I've managed to go back to November and rename my measures table. It was common practice for me to have a table called measures so I have many files affected. It would have been more helpful if we had been able to open the PBIX and then be forced to rename any tables with protected words.

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kebercaw
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1 year ago

I found a way to do this without using a back level version of power BI desktop.

  1. Go to power BI workspace
  2. Open Report
  3. Choose “Edit”
  4. Open Data Model
  5. In the top right corner change from "Viewing" mode to "Editing" mode
  6. The data model view will be open.  Select the table in the "Data" pane, and then you should be able to change the name in the "Properties" pane.  (in this snip I've already changed it)
  7. I could not find any way to “Save” the file.  I navigated back to my workspace, opened the report, then downloaded it, then I was able to open it with the February 2025 version of power BI.