Looking for a fix regarding automation ids

[Sarim]

Posting this here on @lbendlin suggestion

To generate PBIP files, I need to manipulate the elements in Power BI using their automation ids to perform the following steps - Click Save As, Select PBIP extension, save the file; this will generate PBIP folders.

To automation conversion of PBIP to PBIX, we do something similar. Open the PBIP file, Save As, Select PBIX extension, save the file; this will generate PBIX file.

• Its been confirmed from documentation that there is no other way to convert PBIP to PBIX

My question is this

1. When exploring the version 2.124.2028.0 64-bit (December 2023), i find that most of the items i need, their automation ids are either blank or are strings which are not being recognised. There are issues with the class names as well. Is there some issue in the automation ids / class name in recent releases? Is there any fix? I have tried Inspect and Spyxx tools, is there any other way to see the automation ids?

• Notice that the automation id is a string when it should be a integer as it was in the previous versions. When using automation id specified in the screenshot element cannot be found. Same is the result with ClassName, Name, Control Type.

[Anonymous]

Hi  @Sarim ,

Based on the above information, this issue is complex which may need to collect log files for further troubleshooting. Since community support engineers don't have that access, I would suggest opening a Support Ticket. If you are a Power BI Pro or Fabric licensee, you can create a support ticket for free and a dedicated Microsoft engineer will come to solve the problem for you. 
It would be great if you continue to share in this issue to help others with similar problems after you know the root cause or solution.

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Community Support Team _ Caitlyn