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rsrwebsupport
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4 years ago
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Republishing model breaks web reports

I initially created a model in Power BI Desktop, published the model, and then created a report from the model in Power BI web.  I then decided that I wanted to add an additional column to the model,...
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    rsrwebsupport
    4 years ago

    I made a few new reports in Power BI web and attempted this again.  It looks like only the first report is getting cleared and the rest of them are left as-is.  In Power BI desktop, when I'm working with the schema, I have an empty report visible that I never actually saved, but is it essentially treating the first report in the web as if it's the empty report from Power BI desktop and overwriting it to match?

     

    EDIT: I tried modifying the default empty report in Power BI desktop and re-publishing, and I confirmed that the report that kept getting cleared on the web is in fact linked to the default desktop report.

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rsrwebsupport
Frequent Visitor
4 years ago

I made a few new reports in Power BI web and attempted this again.  It looks like only the first report is getting cleared and the rest of them are left as-is.  In Power BI desktop, when I'm working with the schema, I have an empty report visible that I never actually saved, but is it essentially treating the first report in the web as if it's the empty report from Power BI desktop and overwriting it to match?

 

EDIT: I tried modifying the default empty report in Power BI desktop and re-publishing, and I confirmed that the report that kept getting cleared on the web is in fact linked to the default desktop report.