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Sarany03
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Schema issue in Q&A

Hi Team,

i am working on Q&A visual to train that visual to answer business user level question to train advance i have train in Relationship tab in Q&A but it showing linguistic schema.provide me solution to fix this issue.Here i have atteached screenshot of that issue

 

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Ritaf1983
Super User
Super User

Hi @Sarany03 

The “There’s a problem with the linguistic schema” message in Q&A usually means you don’t have permission to access the dataset’s linguistic model (the internal file used by Q&A to understand your data).
Here are the main causes and solutions:

Permission issue – You need at least Build permission on the dataset. Viewer access is not enough.

If the report uses a shared dataset, ask the dataset owner to give you Build access.

If you are the owner, republish the dataset to refresh the linguistic schema.

Dataset ownership – Q&A training (Relationships, synonyms, phrasing, etc.) can only be edited by the dataset owner or someone with Build access.

Regenerate the linguistic schema – Open the PBIX that contains the model → go to Modeling > Q&A setup → make any small change and republish. This forces the schema to rebuild.

Service settings – Check with your admin that the Q&A feature is enabled under Tenant settings > Q&A in the Power BI admin portal.

Local environment – If using Desktop, clear cache and sign out/in before publishing again.

If the problem continues even after verifying these points, it’s likely an environment or service-side issue. In that case, I recommend opening a Microsoft Support ticket and attaching the screenshot plus your Desktop and Service version details to allow further investigation.

If this post helps, then please consider Accepting it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly

Regards,
Rita Fainshtein | Microsoft MVP
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rita-fainshtein/
Blog : https://www.madeiradata.com/profile/ritaf/profile

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v-achippa
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Sarany03,

 

We wanted to kindly follow up to check if the solution provided by the user for the issue worked? or let us know if you need any further assistance.

 

Thanks and regards,

Anjan Kumar Chippa

Shubham_rai955
Memorable Member
Memorable Member

To fix the Power BI Q&A visual showing the linguistic schema issue, try the following short solution:

Regenerate the linguistic schema by going to the Modeling tab → Q&A setup → make any small change (such as adding or editing a synonym) and then republish the report. If the problem persists, export the linguistic schema YAML file from the Modeling tab, check for errors or incomplete sections (correct any issues if found), and re-import the updated YAML back into Power BI.

v-achippa
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Sarany03,

 

Thank you for reaching out to Microsoft Fabric Community.

 

Thank you @Ritaf1983 for the prompt response.

 

As we haven’t heard back from you, we wanted to kindly follow up to check if the solution provided by the user for the issue worked? or let us know if you need any further assistance.

 

Thanks and regards,

Anjan Kumar Chippa

Ritaf1983
Super User
Super User

Hi @Sarany03 

The “There’s a problem with the linguistic schema” message in Q&A usually means you don’t have permission to access the dataset’s linguistic model (the internal file used by Q&A to understand your data).
Here are the main causes and solutions:

Permission issue – You need at least Build permission on the dataset. Viewer access is not enough.

If the report uses a shared dataset, ask the dataset owner to give you Build access.

If you are the owner, republish the dataset to refresh the linguistic schema.

Dataset ownership – Q&A training (Relationships, synonyms, phrasing, etc.) can only be edited by the dataset owner or someone with Build access.

Regenerate the linguistic schema – Open the PBIX that contains the model → go to Modeling > Q&A setup → make any small change and republish. This forces the schema to rebuild.

Service settings – Check with your admin that the Q&A feature is enabled under Tenant settings > Q&A in the Power BI admin portal.

Local environment – If using Desktop, clear cache and sign out/in before publishing again.

If the problem continues even after verifying these points, it’s likely an environment or service-side issue. In that case, I recommend opening a Microsoft Support ticket and attaching the screenshot plus your Desktop and Service version details to allow further investigation.

If this post helps, then please consider Accepting it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly

Regards,
Rita Fainshtein | Microsoft MVP
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rita-fainshtein/
Blog : https://www.madeiradata.com/profile/ritaf/profile

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