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Desktop Refresh Error: Query "references other queries or steps ... "

Submitted by Anonymous on ‎07-07-2022 06:41 AM

On nearly every report I have in Power BI Desktop, I refresh the data and get this error message on random tables/queries in my dataset. To 'fix' it, I have to open the Power Query Editor, refresh all previews in there, then close the editor and refresh the data in the report view again - and everything refreshes no problem. So, it's not actually an issue with my queries at all - it just seems to be a bug in PBI Desktop.

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C4YNelis
Advocate III
Advocate III
‎11-05-2024 12:24 AM

I too still experience this error, although it feels I am getting this error less often than before. I never kept count though.

Grey80
Regular Visitor
‎11-10-2024 05:44 PM

I'm also getting this error on a daily basis. 

Feels insane that this bug was raised years ago and is still not resolved?

GaryKnott
Regular Visitor
‎11-11-2024 02:12 AM

I just resolved the issue in my file! One of my source files was an Excel file containing 4 tables and it was saved as XLSB. I opened and resaved this source file as XLSX and rebuilt the related queries in PBI, then the refresh errors disappeared!

charlesbahr
Regular Visitor
‎12-24-2024 04:04 AM
I have this error on a few large reports also.
Neil_Message
Frequent Visitor
‎01-14-2025 02:21 AM
I am also getting this error. On one query it is a simple append of the tables before it that I have cleaned.
James-PBI
Advocate I
Advocate I
‎02-20-2025 06:40 AM
Same issue here. Refreshing in PBI desktop gives the error. Open Power Query, refresh all, then close & load. Then try refreshing again and no error. Clearly a bug, since no code is being changed.
NiklasBergh
Frequent Visitor
‎12-03-2025 04:11 PM
Same issue still going on for me. Very annoying.
lilia9200
Regular Visitor
‎02-04-2026 08:53 AM
2026, still have this issue. is there any solution for it? Thanks
TorsteinZahl
Frequent Visitor
‎02-04-2026 11:51 PM
I still have the same issue, very bad 😞
lilia9200
Regular Visitor
‎02-05-2026 07:58 AM
Is it the bug of Power BI, does anyone use the Tableau, is it better?
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