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DanC
Frequent Visitor
8 years ago

report file corrupt or invalid

Hi   I seem to be getting regular problems with my PBI in terms that i keep getting the message "Unable to open document", "(file location) is corrupt or invalid report file"   I am trying to tra...
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v-yulgu-msft
Microsoft Employee
8 years ago

Hi DanC,

 

In my test, all previous pbix files work fine after I update desktop to the latest version (November 2017). In your scenario, does this issue happen to all your previous pbix files or just a specific one? 

 

Rather than directly double clicking .pbix file, open Power BI Desktop, click File -> Open -> Select the corrupted pbix file. If you can see a yellow ribbon saying “open in autorecovery mode..” Click on it and the file will be opened with the version before it got corrupted.

 

If you still cannot open it, please copy your .pbix file under a different file path, then, try to open it.

 

Besides, please try smoupre's suggestion here to see whether it works for you.

 

You siad "i have had to force close PBI and other programmes on my pc because of screen freeze issues" since update, please uninstall and re-install the latest release for a test.

 

Best regards,

Yuliana Gu

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DanC
Frequent Visitor
8 years ago

Thanks for your reply, i have managed to go back in time and restore the file to a previous version before it went corrupt, that seemed to work however i believe this might be a re-ocurring issue as its already happened twice this week. If it happens again i will definately try both your possible solutions and thankyou for the replies

 

Regards

Dan