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Unable To Open Document
Hello All - Today when I went to resume working on my report through the PowerBI desktop, it was unable to open my saved .pbix file. The message states, "We weren't able to restore the saved datab...
long shot but might be worth trying the suggestion in this thread - http://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Is-there-a-migration-path-between-Power-BI-Designer-file-and-a/td-p/118
to import the model from within the pbix (zip) file, may at least be able to access measures etc to help a restore
I downgraded my version of PowerBI Desktop, and it works now. Version: 2.28.4190.122. Guess I'll wait for the next version before upgrading again.
If you want to create a quick and dirty back up, pressing the "send a frown" option dumps alot of stuff from your report into an email, you can then save as txt to give you some sort of chance of recovering from disaster with a bit less pain.