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DizHamilton
Helper I
Helper I

Republishing Downloaded Report No longer works.

Hi All,

 

Something seems off with PBI Sept 2024. 

 

I have been doing the same steps as per below for years.

 

Downloaded a report with conneciton

Made minor edits (with buttons, so can't use web)

Republish and get the error below.

If I delete and retry, then the new publish report has its OWN NEW schematic model despite it showing that its already connected to an exsiting one. This makes no sense.

 

DizHamilton_0-1729805821736.png

 

I have cleared cache as I have seen in other cases.

Other than limiting development on the service, I have no way to get around this.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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parry2k
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Super User

@DizHamilton I know it shows there is a connection already but you have to connect it again:

 

Transform Data -> Data Source Settings and then rebind it.

 

 



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parry2k
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@DizHamilton this is indeed a bug and I saw this recently. 



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parry2k
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@DizHamilton I know it shows there is a connection already but you have to connect it again:

 

Transform Data -> Data Source Settings and then rebind it.

 

 



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@parry2k   BRAVO! Thank you!  👏

parry2k
Super User
Super User

@DizHamilton I have seen this recently, reconnect the thin report to the semantic model again and then publish it.



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@parry2k  - Hi Thank you for your reply. I have tried (I think) that but I get "Direct Query Required". Via Get Data? , if so, then yes I have done this.

I can see in the lower right that there is indeed a connection already. 


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