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jamuka
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1 year ago
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Power BI Publish Error

Hello,   When I tried to publish one of my reports Power BI gives an error. Report was already published to Power BI service and I can publish my reports withtout an error.   Error message says "...
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  • v-achippa's avatar
    v-achippa
    1 year ago

    Hi jamuka,

     

    Thank you for reaching out to Microsoft Fabric Community.

     

    Thank you rohit1991 and burakkaragoz for the prompt response.

     

    Thanks for the detailed response. Since you have already done the troubleshooting steps and the issue only affects this particular file and all other .pbix files are publishing fine, so the issue is something specific within the file. Please try the following steps:

    • Open & publish from another machine, so that we can know if it is a local or network issue.
    • Try uploading the original .pbix using the Power BI Service directly:
    • Make sure you are using the latest Power BI Desktop version

    If the issue still persists, I recommend please raise a support ticket directly

    How to create a Fabric and Power BI Support ticket - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

     

     

    If this post helps in resolving the issue, then please consider Accepting as solution to help the other members find it more quickly, don't forget to give a "Kudos" – I’d truly appreciate it! 

     

    Thanks and regards,

    Anjan Kumar Chippa

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burakkaragoz
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1 year ago

Hi jamuka ,

 

rohit1991 , covered the main troubleshooting steps well. This "service couldn't be contacted" error is usually temporary, but here are a few additional things to check:

If the basic steps don't work:

Check your file size: Large reports (especially over 1GB) sometimes hit this error. Try reducing data or splitting into multiple reports.

Clear Power BI cache: Close Desktop, go to %localappdata%\Microsoft\Power BI Desktop\AnalysisServicesWorkspaces and delete the folder contents, then restart.

Network/firewall issues: If your company has strict network policies, Power BI publishing might be getting blocked. Check with IT about whitelisting Power BI service URLs.

Service principal issues: If you're using organizational accounts with MFA or conditional access, try signing out completely and signing back in.

Publishing to different regions: Sometimes one region has issues while others work fine. Try creating a test workspace in a different region.

File corruption check: Try opening your .pbix file on a different machine. If it fails there too, your file might be corrupted.

The "Save As" suggestion from rohit is particularly good - sometimes the publish metadata gets corrupted while the report itself is fine.

Most of these errors resolve within 30 minutes, but if it's been longer than that, definitely check the Power BI service status page first.

If my response resolved your query, kindly mark it as the Accepted Solution to assist others. Additionally, I would be grateful for a 'Kudos' if you found my response helpful.
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